UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 6, 2021

 

CURRENCYWORKS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   000-55049   27-3098487

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 424.570.9446

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Nil   N/A   N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

We incorporated a new subsidiary, EnderbyWorks LLC (“EnderbyWorks”), which is owned as to 51% by our subsidiary, CurrencyWorks USA, Inc. (“CurrencyWorks USA”) and as to 49% by Enderby Entertainment Inc. (“Enderby Entertainment”). We incorporated EnderbyWorks in order to launch and operate the VUELE (vuele.io) platform, which is a direct-to-consumer, full-length feature film viewing and distribution platform delivering feature films and digital collectible entertainment content as non-fungible digital tokens (“NFTs”). Users will be able to become owners of exclusive, limited edition film, and collector NFT content which they can watch, collect, sell, and trade on the VUELE (vuele.io) platform.

 

On July 6, 2021, CurrencyWorks USA entered into a LLC Member Services Master Agreement with EnderbyWorks and Enderby Entertainment pursuant to which CurrencyWorks USA will develop the VUELE (vuele.io) platform. Under the agreement the parties will specify work to be completed from time to time by the delivery of a Statement of Work. All costs incurred by CurrencyWorks USA and Enderby Entertainment will be charged to and paid by EnderbyWorks.

 

On July 6, 2021, CurrencyWorks USA entered into a Technology Operating and License Agreement with EnderbyWorks pursuant to which our subsidiary agreed to provide NFT platform services in order for EnderbyWorks to operate a marketplace to sell access to NFTs that will be stored on a blockchain that represent a unique audio-visual work, set of works, ‎or other rights, goods, or services‎ relating to movies and movie related offerings. The marketplace will be the VUELE (vuele.io) platform. CurrencyWorks USA will support, maintain, enhance and upgrade the NFT platform services from time to time in accordance with general industry practices and its product roadmap and will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the ‎NFT platform services are available to EnderbyWorks for a term of ten years. The services will include developing one or more NFTs based on the “Zero Contact” motion picture starring Academy Award-Winning actor Anthony Hopkins as agreed by the parties from time to time for sale on the NFT marketplace. EnderbyWorks will pay CurrencyWorks USA $15,000 per month plus applicable taxes. Within the first thirty (30) days of every calendar quarter, CurrencyWorks USA shall review its actual costs and expenses to provide the NFT platform services for the previous quarter, charge or credit EnderbyWorks for any variance for the previous quarter, and set the monthly rate for the current quarter.

 

On July 6, 2021, CurrencyWorks USA entered into Secured Promissory Note and Security Agreement with EnderbyWorks pursuant to which the company provided a secured loan of $3,000,000 to EnderbyWorks. $2,000,000 will be provided within 10 days of July 6, 2021 and $1,000,000 will be provided by no later than the earlier of fifteen (15) days after the first NFT auction or September 30, 2021. The secured loan matures in three years and bears interest of 6% per annum, payable on maturity. The loan will be used by EnderbyWorks to purchase all of the rights to the film titled Zero Contact (the “Film”) from 92 Films, LLC (“92 Films”). The loan will be repaid from the profits generated from exploitation of the Film.

 

Repayment of the loan is secured by all of the right, title and interest in and to all of the assets of EnderbyWorks, including, without limitation, all rights under the Distribution License Agreement with 92 Films with respect to the Film, all agreements and understandings relating to the Film or the exploitation of EnderbyWorks’s rights in the Film and the proceeds thereof and any other distribution, license or other agreement entered into between EnderbyWorks and any other party, with respect to any other motion picture or entertainment production, including, but not limited to, theatrical, non-theatrical, television (including, without limitation, free, pay, pay per view, terrestrial, satellite, cable and near video on demand), home video or other home viewing technology now known or hereafter devised (including without limitation cassette, videodisc, DVD, HD DVD and Blu Ray), video on demand, online/internet, digital streaming, download to own, interactive, ships, airlines, hotels, clips, mobile (e.g., cell phones), merchandising (including, without limitation, interactive games and devices, electronically read, digitized, interactive and computer-based or computer-assisted systems, devices and services), live stage, derivative works (e.g., remakes and/or sequels in any media including episodic series, mini-series and MOWs), novelization, comic book, music, music publishing, theme park rights, commercial tie-ins, screenplay publishing and any and all allied and ancillary rights, and the right to advertise, publicize and promote any of the foregoing in any and all media, and the proceeds thereof.

 

 

 

 

On July 6, 2021, EnderbyWorks entered into a Distribution License Agreement with 92 Films, pursuant to which EnderbyWorks purchased, on an exclusive basis, all rights in and to the Film for a period of 10 years for $3,000,000. All sums actually earned and received by EnderbyWorks from the exploitation of the Film will be applied on a continuous and rolling basis as follows: (a) first, to EnderbyWorks’s recoupment of all actual, direct, out of pocket, third party marketing and advertising costs and expenses (not to exceed $3,000,000 with approval of 92 Films); (b) second, to EnderbyWorks’s recoupment of the $3,000,000; and (c) third, all sums remaining after the deduction of (a) and (b) will be paid 50% to 92 Films and 50% to EnderbyWorks.

 

The foregoing description of the Limited Liability Company Agreement, LLC Member Services Master Agreement, Technology Operating and License Agreement, Secured Promissory Note, the Security Agreement and the Distribution License Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

A news release dated July 7, 2021 is furnished herewith.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in Item 7.01 of this current report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits
     
10.1   Limited Liability Company Agreement dated July 6, 2021 with EnderbyWorks, LLC, Enderby Entertainment, Inc. and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc.
     
10.2   LLC Member Services Master Agreement dated July 6, 2021 with EnderbyWorks, LLC, Enderby Entertainment, Inc. and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc.
     
10.3   Technology Operating and License Agreement dated July 6, 2021 with EnderbyWorks, LLC and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc.
     
10.4   Secured Promissory Note dated July 6, 2021with EnderbyWorks, LLC and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc.;
     
10.5   Security Agreement dated July 6, 2021 with EnderbyWorks, LLC and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc.;
     
10.6   Distribution License Agreement dated July 6, 2021 with EnderbyWorks, LLC and 92 Films, LLC
     
99.1   News Release dated July 7, 2021

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CURRENCYWORKS INC.

 

/s/ Bruce Elliott  
Bruce Elliott  
President  
   
July 7, 2021  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

This Limited Liability Company Agreement of EnderbyWorks, LLC., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is entered into as of July 6, 2021 (the “Effective Date”) by and among the Company, Enderby Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation whose principal place of business is 9440 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 301, Beverly Hills, California 90210 (“EEI”), and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc., a Nevada corporation whose principal place of business is 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291 (“CWI”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company shall be formed under the laws of the State of Delaware by the filing of a Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate of Formation”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) for the purposes set forth in Section 2.05 of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Members wish to enter into this Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions governing the operation and management of the Company which shall be on an equal basis notwithstanding the Members’ respective Membership Interests.

 

WHEREAS, the Members intend the Company to engage in certain transactions from time to time with each of the Members or their Affiliates on terms set forth herein or to be negotiated in good faith in the future.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions

 

Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.01:

 

Additional Capital Contributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

 

(a) crediting to such Capital Account any amount that such Member is obligated to restore or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i); and

 

(b) debiting to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).

 

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Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly (including through one or more intermediaries), controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have correlative meanings.

 

“Agreement” means this Limited Liability Company Agreement, as executed and as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, as provided herein.

 

Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of (a) constitutions, treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations, decrees, ordinances, codes, proclamations, declarations or orders of any Governmental Authority; (b) any consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority; and (c) any orders, decisions, advisory or interpretative opinions, injunctions, judgments, awards, decrees of, or agreements with, any Governmental Authority.

 

Bankruptcy” means, with respect to a Member, the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the filing of an application by such Member for, or a consent to, the appointment of a trustee of such Member’s assets; (b) the filing by such Member of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing such Member’s inability to pay its debts as they come due; (c) the making by such Member of a general assignment for the benefit of such Member’s creditors; (d) the filing by such Member of an answer admitting the material allegations of, or such Member’s consenting to, or defaulting in answering a bankruptcy petition filed against such Member in any bankruptcy proceeding; or (e) the expiration of sixty (60) days following the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Member a bankrupt or appointing a trustee of such Member’s assets.

 

BBA” means the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.

 

Book Depreciation” means, with respect to any Company asset for each Fiscal Year, the Company’s depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deductions determined for federal income tax purposes, except that if the Book Value of an asset differs from its adjusted tax basis at the beginning of such Fiscal Year, Book Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, that if the adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Fiscal Year is zero and the Book Value of the asset is positive, Book Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book Value using any permitted method selected by unanimous consent of the Managers in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3).

 

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Book Value” means, with respect to any Company asset, the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

 

(a) the initial Book Value of any Company asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such Company asset as of the date of such contribution;

 

(b) immediately prior to the distribution by the Company of any Company asset to a Member, the Book Value of such asset shall be adjusted to its gross Fair Market Value as of the date of such distribution;

 

(c) the Book Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross Fair Market Values, as reasonably determined by the Members, as of the following times:

 

(i) the acquisition of an additional Membership Interest in the Company by a new or existing Member in consideration for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution;

 

(ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of property (other than cash) as consideration for all or a part of such Member’s Membership Interest; and

 

(iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);

 

(d) provided, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above need not be made if the Managers unanimously and reasonably determine that such adjustment is not necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members and that the absence of such adjustment does not adversely and disproportionately affect any Member;

 

(e) the Book Value of each Company asset shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted tax basis of such Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Account balances pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, that Book Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph (d) to the extent that an adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) above is made in conjunction with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (d); and

 

(f) if the Book Value of a Company asset has been determined pursuant to paragraph (a) or adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (c) or (d) above, such Book Value shall thereafter be adjusted to reflect the Book Depreciation taken into account with respect to such Company asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Losses.

 

Budget” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(a).

 

Business” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

 

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required to close.

 

Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.

 

Capital Contribution” means, for any Member, the total amount of cash and cash equivalents and the Book Value of any property contributed to the Company by such Member.

 

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Certificate of Formation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Company Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(c).

 

Company Minimum Gain” means “partnership minimum gain” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), substituting the term “Company” for the term “partnership” as the context requires.

 

Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.03(a).

 

Contributing Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(a).

 

Cram-Down Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c).

 

Default Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Default Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, Title 6, Chapter 18, §§ 18-101, et seq.

 

Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

Fair Market Value” of any asset as of any date means the purchase price that a willing buyer having all relevant knowledge would pay a willing seller for such asset in an arm’s length transaction, as determined jointly by the Members.

 

Fiscal Year” means the calendar year, unless the Company is required to have a taxable year other than the calendar year, in which case Fiscal Year shall be the period that conforms to its taxable year.

 

GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time.

 

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Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of such government or political subdivision, or any self-regulated organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority or quasi-governmental authority (to the extent that the rules, regulations or orders of such organization or authority have the force of law), or any arbitrator, court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction.

 

Initial Budget” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(a).

 

Joinder Agreement” means the joinder agreement in form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Liquidator” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(a).

 

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03(a).

 

Managers” means, those individuals who have been designated or become the Managers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Member” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and each Person who is hereafter admitted as a Member in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Delaware Act. The Members shall constitute the “members” (as that term is defined in the Delaware Act) of the Company.

 

Member Nonrecourse Debt” means “partner nonrecourse debt” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4), substituting the term “Company” for the term “partnership” and the term “Member” for the term “partner” as the context requires.

 

Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means an amount, with respect to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Company Minimum Gain that would result if the Member Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

 

Member Nonrecourse Deduction” means “partner nonrecourse deduction” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i), substituting the term “Member” for the term “partner” as the context requires.

 

Membership Interest” means an interest in the Company owned by a Member, including such Member’s right (a) to its distributive share of Net Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company; (b) to its distributive share of the assets of the Company; (c) to vote on, consent to or otherwise participate in any decision of the Members as provided in this Agreement; and (d) to any and all other benefits to which such Member may be entitled as provided in this Agreement or the Delaware Act. The Membership Interest of each Member shall be expressed as a percentage interest and shall be the same proportion that such Member’s total Capital Contribution bears to the total Capital Contributions of all Members/as set forth on Schedule A.

 

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Net Income” and “Net Loss” mean, for each Fiscal Year or other period specified in this Agreement, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or taxable loss, or particular items thereof, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (where, for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or taxable loss), but with the following adjustments:

 

(a) any income realized by the Company that is exempt from federal income taxation, as described in Code Section 705(a)(1)(B), shall be added to such taxable income or taxable loss, notwithstanding that such income is not includable in gross income;

 

(b) any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B), including any items treated under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(I) as items described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B), shall be subtracted from such taxable income or taxable loss, notwithstanding that such expenditures are not deductible for federal income tax purposes;

 

(c) any gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Company property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of the property so disposed, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Book Value;

 

(d) any items of depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions with respect to Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted tax basis shall be computed by reference to the property’s Book Value (as adjusted for Book Depreciation) in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g);

 

(e) if the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted as provided in the definition of Book Value, then the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain or loss and included in the computation of such taxable income or taxable loss; and

 

(f) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company property pursuant to Code Sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704 1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis).

 

Non-Contributing Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Non-Managers” means at any time the Member that is not the Managers.

 

Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b).

 

Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).

 

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Officers” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03.

 

Permitted Transfer” means a Transfer of Membership Interests carried out pursuant to Section 9.02.

 

Permitted Transferee” means a recipient of a Permitted Transfer.

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, Governmental Authority, unincorporated organization, trust, association or other entity.

 

Regulatory Allocations” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(e).

 

Related Party Agreement” means any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Company and any Member or any Affiliate of a Member or any officer or employee of the Company, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Representative” means, with respect to any Person, any and all directors, officers, employees, consultants, financial advisors, counsel, accountants and other agents of such Person.

 

Revised Partnership Audit Rules” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(c).

 

Secretary of State” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which a majority of the outstanding shares or other equity interests having the power to vote for directors or comparable managers are owned, directly or indirectly, by the first Person.

 

Tax Matters Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04(a).

 

Taxing Authority” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(b).

 

Transfer” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any Membership Interests owned by a Person or any interest (including a beneficial interest or any direct or indirect economic or voting interest) in any Membership Interests owned by a Person; provided that none of an issuance, disposition, redemption or repurchase of any equity securities in the ultimate parent entity of a Member shall be deemed to be a Transfer of Membership Interests, including by means of a disposition of equity interests in a Member or in a Person that directly or indirectly holds any equity interests in a Member. “Transfer” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. “Transferor” and “Transferee” mean a Person who makes or receives a Transfer, respectively.

 

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Treasury Regulations” means the final or temporary regulations issued by the United States Department of Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code, and any successor regulations.

 

Termination for Cause” shall be deemed to occur, for any of the following reasons: (1) the Manager commits any illegal act which materially and adversely affects the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or which involves acts of theft, fraud, misappropriation of funds, embezzlement, moral turpitude or similar conduct; (2) the Manager engages in serious misconduct which is material to the Manager’s performance of the Manager’s duties and obligations for the Company; or (3) the Manager violates any confidentiality, non-solicitation or other covenants in this Agreement or in any other agreement entered into between the Manager and the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

Withholding Advances” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(b).

 

Section 1.02 Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (b) the word “or” is not exclusive; and (c) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole. The definitions given for any defined terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (x) to Articles, Sections, and Exhibits mean the Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits attached to, this Agreement; (y) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof; and (z) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted. The Exhibits and Schedules referred to herein shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein.

 

ARTICLE II

Organization

 

Section 2.01 Formation.

 

(a) The Company was formed pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act, upon the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State.

 

(b) This Agreement shall constitute the “limited liability company agreement” (as that term is used in the Delaware Act) of the Company. The rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Delaware Act and this Agreement. To the extent that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be under the Delaware Act in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Delaware Act, control.

 

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Section 2.02 Name. The name of the Company is “EnderbyWorks, LLC” or such other name or names as may be designated by the unanimous consent of the Members; provided, that the name shall always contain the words “Limited Liability Company” or the abbreviation “L.L.C.” or the designation “LLC.”

 

Section 2.03 Principal Office. The principal office of the Company is located at 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291, or such other place as may from time to time be determined by the Managers. The Managers shall give prompt notice of any such change to each of the Members.

 

Section 2.04 Registered Office; Registered Agent.

 

(a) The registered office of the Company shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate of Formation or such other office (which need not be a place of business of the Company) as the Managers may designate from time to time in the manner provided by the Delaware Act and Applicable Law.

 

(b) The registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate of Formation or such other Person or Persons as the Managers may designate from time to time in the manner provided by the Delaware Act and Applicable Law.

 

Section 2.05 Purpose; Powers.

 

(a) The purposes of the Company are to engage in (i) the distribution of entertainment properties in film, television, and/or new media properties, including as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), through all available content distribution channels (the “Business”) and (ii) any and all activities necessary or incidental thereto.

 

(b) The Company shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes for which it is formed, including the powers granted by the Delaware Act.

 

Section 2.06 Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date the Certificate of Formation was filed with the Secretary of State and shall continue in existence perpetually until the Company is dissolved in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

Capital Contributions; Capital Accounts

 

Section 3.01 Initial Capital Contributions. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, each Member has made an initial Capital Contribution and is deemed to own Membership Interests in the amounts set forth opposite such Member’s name on Schedule A attached hereto. The Managers shall update Schedule A upon the issuance or Transfer of any Membership Interests to any new or existing Member in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Section 3.02 Additional Capital Contributions.

 

(a) In addition to the Initial Capital Contributions of the Members, the Members shall make additional Capital Contributions in cash, in proportion to their respective Membership Interests, as determined by the unanimous consent of the Managers from time to time to be reasonably necessary to pay any operating, capital or other expenses relating to the Business (such additional Capital Contributions, the “Additional Capital Contributions”), provided, that such Additional Capital Contributions shall not exceed the corresponding amounts expressly provided for in the then-current Budget, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 7.06(b). Upon the Managers unanimously making such determination for Additional Capital Contributions, the Managers shall deliver a written notice to the Members of the Company’s need for Additional Capital Contributions, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail (i) the purpose for such Additional Capital Contributions, (ii) the aggregate amount of such Additional Capital Contributions, (iii) each Member’s share of such aggregate amount of Additional Capital Contributions based upon such Member’s Membership Interest, and (iv) the date (which date shall not be less than five (5) Business Days from the date that such notice is given) on which such Additional Capital Contributions shall be required to be made by the Members.

 

(b) If any Member shall fail to timely make, or notifies the other Member that it shall not make, all or any portion of any Additional Capital Contribution which such Member is obligated to make under Section 3.02(a), then such Member shall be deemed to be a “Non-Contributing Member”. The non-defaulting Member (the “Contributing Member”) shall be entitled, but not obligated, to loan to the Non-Contributing Member, by contributing to the Company on its behalf, all or any part of the amount (the “Default Amount”) that the Non-Contributing Member failed to contribute to the Company (each such loan, a “Default Loan”), provided, that such Contributing Member shall have contributed to the Company its pro rata share of the applicable Additional Capital Contribution. Such Default Loan shall be treated as an Additional Capital Contribution by the Non-Contributing Member. Each Default Loan shall bear interest (compounded monthly on the first day of each calendar month) on the unpaid principal amount thereof from time to time remaining from the date advanced until repaid, at the lesser of (i) 5% per annum or (ii) the maximum rate permitted at law (the “Default Rate”). Default Loans shall be repaid out of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Non-Contributing Member under ARTICLE VI or ARTICLE XII, as more fully provided for in Section 3.02(d). So long as a Default Loan is outstanding, the Non-Contributing Member shall have the right to repay the Default Loan (together with interest then due and owing) in whole or in part. Upon the repayment in full of all Default Loans (but not upon their conversion as provided in Section 3.02(c)) made in respect of a Non-Contributing Member (and so long as the Non-Contributing Member is not otherwise a Non-Contributing Member), such Non-Contributing Member shall cease to be a Non-Contributing Member.

 

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(c) At any time after six (6) months after a Default Loan is made, at the option of the Contributing Member, (i) such Default Loan shall be converted into an Additional Capital Contribution of the Contributing Member in an amount equal to the principal and unpaid interest on such Default Loan pursuant to this Section 3.02(c), (ii) the Non-Contributing Member shall be deemed to have received a distribution, pursuant to ARTICLE VI, of an amount equal to the principal and unpaid interest on such Default Loan, (iii) such distribution shall be deemed paid to the Contributing Member in repayment of the Default Loan, (iv) such amount shall be deemed contributed by the Contributing Member as an Additional Capital Contribution (a “Cram-Down Contribution”), and (v) the Contributing Member’s Capital Account shall be increased by, and the Non-Contributing Member’s Capital Account shall be decreased by, an amount equal to the principal and unpaid interest on such Default Loan. A Cram-Down Contribution shall be deemed an Additional Capital Contribution by the Contributing Member making (or deemed making) such Cram-Down Contribution as of the date such Cram-Down Contribution is made or the date on which such Default Loan is converted to a Cram-Down Contribution. At the time of a Cram-Down Contribution, the Membership Interest of the Contributing Member shall be increased proportionally by the amount of such contribution, thereby diluting the Membership Interest of the Non-Contributing Member. Once a Cram-Down Contribution has been made (or deemed made), no subsequent payment or tender in respect of the Cram-Down Contribution shall affect the Membership Interests of the Members, as adjusted in accordance with this Section 3.02(c).

 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any amount that otherwise would be paid or distributed to a Non-Contributing Member pursuant to ARTICLE VI shall not be paid to the Non-Contributing Member but shall be deemed paid and applied on behalf of such Non-Contributing Member (i) first, to accrued and unpaid interest on all Default Loans (in the order of their original maturity date), (ii) second to the principal amount of such Default Loans (in the order of their original maturity date) and (iii) third, to any Additional Capital Contribution of such Non-Contributing Member that has not been paid and is not deemed to have been paid.

 

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Non-Contributing Member fails to make its Additional Capital Contribution in accordance with Section 3.02(a), without limitation of any other available rights or remedies that may be available, the Contributing Member may:

 

(i) institute proceedings against the Non-Contributing Member, either in the Contributing Member’s own name or on behalf of the Company, to obtain payment of the Non-Contributing Member’s portion of the Additional Capital Contributions, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date that such Additional Capital Contribution was due until the date that such Additional Capital Contribution is made, at the cost and expense of the Non-Contributing Member; or

 

(ii) elect to dissolve and liquidate the Company pursuant to ARTICLE XII.

 

(f) If a Member is characterized as a Non-Contributing Member, then, so long as the Member remains a Non-Contributing Member, it shall forfeit and no longer be entitled to any consent or voting rights granted in this Agreement.

 

(g) Except as set forth in this Section 3.02, neither Member shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions or make loans to the Company.

 

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Section 3.03 Maintenance of Capital Accounts. The Company shall establish and maintain for each Member a separate capital account (a “Capital Account”) on its books and records in accordance with this Section 3.03. Each Capital Account shall be established and maintained in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(a) Each Member’s Capital Account shall be increased by the amount of:

 

(i) such Member’s Capital Contributions, including such Member’s initial Capital Contribution and any Additional Capital Contributions;

 

(ii) any Net Income or other item of income or gain allocated to such Member pursuant to ARTICLE V; and

 

(iii) any liabilities of the Company that are assumed by such Member or secured by any property distributed to such Member.

 

(b) Each Member’s Capital Account shall be decreased by:

 

(i) the cash amount or Book Value of any property distributed to such Member pursuant to ARTICLE VI and Section 11.03(c);

 

(ii) the amount of any Net Loss or other item of loss or deduction allocated to such Member pursuant to ARTICLE V; and

 

(iii) the amount of any liabilities of such Member assumed by the Company or that are secured by any property contributed by such Member to the Company.

 

Section 3.04 Succession Upon Transfer. In the event that any Membership Interests are Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the Transferor to the extent it relates to the Transferred Membership Interests and, subject to Section 5.04, shall receive allocations and distributions pursuant to ARTICLE V, ARTICLE VI and ARTICLE XI in respect of such Membership Interests.

 

Section 3.05 Negative Capital Accounts. In the event that any Member shall have a deficit balance in its Capital Account, such Member shall have no obligation, during the term of the Company or upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company, to restore such negative balance or make any Capital Contributions to the Company by reason thereof, except as may be required by Applicable Law or in respect of any negative balance resulting from a withdrawal of capital or dissolution in contravention of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.06 No Withdrawals From Capital Accounts. No Member shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the Company, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. No Member, including the Managers, shall receive any interest, salary, management or service fees or drawing with respect to its Capital Contributions or its Capital Account, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. The Capital Accounts are maintained for the sole purpose of allocating items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members and shall have no effect on the amount of any distributions to any Members, in liquidation or otherwise.

 

Section 3.07 Loans From Members. Loans by any Member to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions and shall not affect the maintenance of such Member’s Capital Account, other than to the extent provided in Section 3.02(c) and Section 3.03(a)(iii), if applicable.

 

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Section 3.08 Modifications. The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations. If the Managers determines that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any increases or decreases to the Capital Accounts, are computed in order to comply with such Treasury Regulations, the Managers may authorize such modifications.

 

ARTICLE IV

Members

 

Section 4.01 Admission of New Members.

 

(a) New Members may be admitted from time to time (i) in connection with the issuance of Membership Interests by the Company, subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 7.02(d), and (ii) in connection with a Transfer of Membership Interests, subject to compliance with the provisions of ARTICLE IX, and in either case, following compliance with the provisions of Section 4.01(b).

 

(b) In order for any Person not already a Member of the Company to be admitted as a Member, whether pursuant to an issuance or Transfer of Membership Interests, such Person shall have executed and delivered to the Company a written undertaking substantially in the form of the Joinder Agreement. Upon the amendment of Schedule A of the Agreement by the Managers and the satisfaction of any other applicable conditions, including the receipt by the Company of payment for the issuance of Membership Interests, such Person shall be admitted as a Member and deemed listed as such on the books and records of the Company. The Managers shall also adjust the Capital Accounts of the Members as necessary in accordance with Section 3.03.

 

(c) Any Member who proposes to Transfer its Membership Interest (or any portion thereof) shall (i) be responsible for the payment of expenses incurred by it in connection with such Transfer, whether or not consummated, and (ii) except in connection with a Transfer pursuant to Section 9.02, reimburse the Company and the other Member for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or on behalf of the Company or such other Member in connection with such proposed Transfer, whether or not consummated; provided, however, that in the event that both Members Transfer their Membership Interests (or any portion thereof) in connection with such Transfer, each Member shall only be responsible to reimburse the Company for its pro rata portion (based on such Member’s portion of the total Membership Interests Transferred) of the Company’s expenses incurred in connection with such Transfer. 

 

Section 4.02 No Personal Liability. Except as otherwise provided in the Delaware Act, by Applicable Law or expressly in this Agreement, no Member will be obligated personally for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company or other Members, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Member.

 

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Section 4.03 No Withdrawal. So long as a Member continues to hold any Membership Interests, such Member shall not have the ability to withdraw or resign as a Member prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company and any such withdrawal or resignation or attempted withdrawal or resignation by a Member prior to the dissolution or winding up of the Company shall be null and void. As soon as any Person who is a Member ceases to hold any Membership Interests, such Person shall no longer be a Member. A Member shall not cease to be a Member as a result of the Bankruptcy of such Member or as a result of any other events specified in § 18-304 of the Delaware Act.

 

Section 4.04 No Interest in Company Property. No real or personal property of the Company shall be deemed to be owned by any Member individually, but shall be owned by, and title shall be vested solely in, the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, each Member hereby irrevocably waives during the term of the Company any right that such Member may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to the property of the Company.

 

Section 4.05 Certification of Membership Interests.

 

(a) The Managers may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates to the Members representing the Membership Interests held by such Member.

 

(b) If the Managers shall issue certificates representing Membership Interests in accordance with Section 4.05(a), then in addition to any other legend required by Applicable Law, all certificates representing issued and outstanding Membership Interests shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

 

THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT AMONG THE COMPANY AND ITS MEMBERS, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY. NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT.

 

THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (A) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS, OR (B) AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER.

 

ARTICLE V

Allocations

 

Section 5.01 Allocation of Net Income and Net Loss. For each Fiscal Year (or portion thereof), after giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 5.02, Net Income and Net Loss of the Company shall be allocated among the Members equally on a 50%/50% basis, and not in accordance with their respective Membership Interests.

 

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Section 5.02 Regulatory and Special Allocations. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.01:

 

(a) If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain (determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d)(1)) during any Fiscal Year, each Member shall be specially allocated Net Income for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, subsequent Fiscal Years) in an amount equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 5.02 is intended to comply with the “minimum gain chargeback” requirement in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(b) Member Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during any Fiscal Year, each Member that has a share of such Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be specially allocated Net Income for such Fiscal Year (and, if necessary, subsequent Fiscal Years) in an amount equal to that Member’s share of the net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. Items to be allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 5.02(b) is intended to comply with the “minimum gain chargeback” requirements in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(c) Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with their Membership Interests.

 

(d) In the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), Net Income shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible. This Section 5.02(d) is intended to comply with the qualified income offset requirement in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(e) The allocations set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 704. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article V (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating Net Income and Net Losses among Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of Net Income and Net Losses and other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

 

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Section 5.03 Tax Allocations.

 

(a) Subject to Section 5.03(b), Section 5.03(c) and Section 5.03(d), all income, gains, losses and deductions of the Company shall be allocated, for federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses and deductions pursuant to Section 5.01 and Section 5.02, except that if any such allocation for tax purposes is not permitted by the Code or other Applicable Law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses and deductions shall be allocated among the Members for tax purposes, to the extent permitted by the Code and other Applicable Law, so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth in Section 5.01 and Section 5.02.

 

(b) Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the traditional method with curative allocations of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(c), so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value.

 

(c) If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) as provided in clause (c) of the definition of Book Value in Section 1.01, subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c).

 

(d) Allocations of tax credit, tax credit recapture and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members according to their interests in such items as determined by the Managers taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).

 

(e) Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.03 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Net Income, Net Losses, distributions or other items pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.04 Allocations in Respect of Transferred Membership Interests. In the event of a Transfer of Membership Interests during any Fiscal Year made in compliance with the provisions of ARTICLE IX, Net Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company attributable to such Membership Interests for such Fiscal Year shall be determined using the interim closing of the books method.

 

Section 5.05 Members’ Share Equally In All Proceeds of the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision herein and notwithstanding the Members’ respective Membership Interests, the Members agree that all profits, losses, and other proceeds distributable to the Members, including in the event of a sale or other transaction of the Company, the Members shall share equally on a 50%/50% basis in all such financial aspects of the Company.

 

ARTICLE VI

Distributions

 

Section 6.01 Distributions of Cash Flow and Capital Proceeds.

 

(a) Any available cash of the Company, after allowance for payment of all Company obligations then due and payable, including debt service and operating expenses and for such reasonable reserves as the Managers may agree upon shall be distributed to the Members, on at least a quarterly basis, equally on a 50%/50% basis and not in accordance with their respective Membership Interests.

 

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(b) If a Member has (i) an unpaid Additional Capital Contribution that is overdue and/or (ii) an outstanding Default Loan due to another Member, any amount that otherwise would be distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or ARTICLE XII (up to the amount of such Additional Capital Contribution or outstanding Default Loan, together with interest accrued thereon) shall not be paid to such Member but shall be deemed distributed to such Member and applied on behalf of such Member pursuant to Section 3.02(d).

 

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any distribution to Members if such distribution would violate § 18-607 of the Delaware Act or other Applicable Law or if such distribution is prohibited by the LLC’s then-applicable debt-financing agreements.

 

Section 6.02 Tax Withholding; Withholding Advances.

 

(a) Tax Withholding. Each Member agrees to furnish the Company with any representations and forms as shall be reasonably requested by the Managers to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, any withholding obligations it may have.

 

(b) Withholding Advances. The Company is hereby authorized at all times to make payments (“Withholding Advances”) with respect to each Member in amounts required to discharge any obligation of the Company (as determined by the Tax Matters Representative based on the advice of legal or tax counsel to the Company) to withhold or make payments to any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority (a “Taxing Authority”) with respect to any distribution or allocation by the Company of income or gain to such Member and to withhold the same from distributions to such Member. Any funds withheld from a distribution by reason of this Section 6.02(b) shall nonetheless be deemed distributed to the Member in question for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

(c) Repayment of Withholding Advances. Any Withholding Advance made by the Company to a Taxing Authority on behalf of a Member and not simultaneously withheld from a distribution to that Member shall, with interest thereon accruing from the date of payment at a rate equal to the prime rate published in the Wall Street Journal on the date of payment plus two percent (2.0%) per annum (the “Company Interest Rate”):

 

(i) be promptly repaid to the Company by the Member on whose behalf the Withholding Advance was made (which repayment by the Member shall not constitute a Capital Contribution, but shall credit the Member’s Capital Account if the Managers shall have initially charged the amount of the Withholding Advance to the Capital Account); or

 

(ii) with the consent of the Managers, be repaid by reducing the amount of the next succeeding distribution or distributions to be made to such Member (which reduction amount shall be deemed to have been distributed to the Member, but which shall not further reduce the Member’s Capital Account if the Managers shall have initially charged the amount of the Withholding Advance to the Capital Account).

 

Interest shall cease to accrue from the time the Member on whose behalf the Withholding Advance was made repays such Withholding Advance (and all accrued interest) by either method of repayment described above.

 

(d) Indemnification. Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the other Members from and against any liability with respect to taxes, interest or penalties that may be asserted by reason of the Company’s failure to deduct and withhold tax on amounts distributable or allocable to such Member. The provisions of this Section 6.02(d) and the obligations of a Member pursuant to Section 6.02(c) shall survive the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company and the withdrawal of such Member from the Company or Transfer of its Membership Interests. The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 6.02, including bringing a lawsuit to collect repayment with interest of any Withholding Advances.

 

(e) Overwithholding. Neither the Company nor the Managers shall be liable for any excess taxes withheld in respect of any distribution or allocation of income or gain to a Member. In the event of an overwithholding, a Member’s sole recourse shall be to apply for a refund from the appropriate Taxing Authority.

 

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Section 6.03 Distributions in Kind.

 

(a) The Managers is hereby authorized, as it may reasonably determine, to make distributions to the Members in the form of securities or other property held by the Company. In any non-cash distribution, the securities or property so distributed will be distributed among the Members in the same proportion and priority as cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such securities or property would be distributed among the Members pursuant to Section 6.01.

 

(b) Any distribution of securities shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Managers determines are required or advisable to ensure compliance with Applicable Law. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Managers may require that the Members execute and deliver such documents as the Managers may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance with all federal and state securities laws that apply to such distribution and any further Transfer of the distributed securities, and may appropriately legend the certificates that represent such securities to reflect any restriction on Transfer with respect to such laws.

 

Section 6.04 Payment to Members for Services Provided to the Company . From time to time, as agreed to by the Managers, each of the Members, together or separately, may provide services to the Company, such as marketing or technology services. The Members agree that, in such a situation, each of the Members shall be paid for the performance of any such services based on its cost, and such payment shall be separate and apart from any distributions to which either Member may be entitled under this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Management

 

Section 7.01 Management of the Company. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the Managers. The Company shall have two (2) Managers, one of which shall be appointed by EEI and the other shall be appointed by CWI, who are designated on Schedule B attached hereto and incorporated herein. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02, the Managers shall have full and complete discretion to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, to make all decisions affecting the business and affairs of the Company and to take all such actions as it deems necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of the Company set forth in Section 2.05; provided, that the Managers shall manage the Company in accordance with the Budget. The actions of the Managers taken in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall bind the Company. No other Member of the Company shall have any authority or right to act on behalf of or bind the Company, unless otherwise provided herein or unless specifically authorized by the Managers pursuant to a resolution expressly authorizing such action which resolution is duly adopted by the Managers. In the event of a dispute over any decision between the Managers that results in a deadlock, the Manager or Member with the most expertise in the matter shall make the final decision (the “Deadlock Resolution Provision”). Except with respect to the matters set forth in Section 7.02 which shall, in all events, require the unanimous approval of the Members, the Deadlock Resolution Provision shall apply to any and all deadlocks of the Members and/or the Managers, including, with respect to any matters set forth herein that require the unanimous approval or all the Members and/or Managers. In any vote that requires a vote of the Members that does not require unanimous consent, the Members agree that such vote shall be based on one vote for each of the Members and not based on each Member’s Membership Interest.

 

Section 7.02 Actions Requiring Approval of Members. Without the unanimous written approval of all Members, the Company shall not, and shall not enter into any commitment to:

 

(a) Amend, modify or waive the Certificate of Formation or this Agreement; provided that the Managers may, without the consent of the other Member, amend Schedule A following any new issuance, redemption, repurchase or Transfer of Membership Interests in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(b) Make any material change to the nature of the Business conducted by the Company or enter into any business other than the Business;

 

(c) Issue additional Membership Interests or admit additional Members to the Company;

 

(d) Incur any indebtedness, pledge or grant liens on any assets or guarantee, assume, endorse or otherwise become responsible for the obligations of any other Person, except to the extent approved or authorized in the Budget;

 

(e) Make any loan, advance or capital contribution in any Person, except to the extent approved or authorized in the Budget;

 

(f) Appoint or remove the Company’s auditors or make any changes in the accounting methods or policies of the Company (other than as required by GAAP);

 

(g) Enter into, amend in any material respect, waive or terminate any Related Party Agreement other than the entry into a Related Party Agreement that is on an arm’s length basis and on terms no less favorable to the Company than those that could be obtained from an unaffiliated third party;

 

(h) Enter into or effect any transaction or series of related transactions involving the purchase, lease, license, exchange or other acquisition (including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or acquisition of assets) by the Company of any assets and/or equity interests of any Person, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

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(i) Enter into or effect any transaction or series of related transactions involving the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition (including by merger, consolidation, sale of stock or sale of assets) by the Company of any assets, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(j) Initiate or consummate an initial public offering or make a public offering and sale of the Membership Interests or any other securities; or

 

(k) Dissolve, wind-up or liquidate the Company or initiate a bankruptcy proceeding involving the Company.

 

Section 7.03 Officers. The Managers may appoint individuals as officers of the Company (the “Officers”) as it deems necessary or desirable to carry on the business of the Company and the Managers may delegate to such Officers such power and authority as the Managers deems advisable. No Officer need be a Member of the Company. Any individual may hold two or more offices of the Company. Each Officer shall hold office until his successor is designated by the Managers or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Any Officer may resign at any time on written notice to the Managers. Any Officer may be removed by the Managers with or without cause at any time. A vacancy in any office occurring because of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, may, but need not, be filled by the Managers.

 

Section 7.04 Action Without Meeting. Any matter that is to be voted on, consented to or approved by Members may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if consented to, in writing or by Electronic Transmission, by a Member or Members having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. A record shall be maintained by the Managers of each such action taken by written consent of a Member or Members.

 

Section 7.05 Informational Rights. In addition to the information required to be provided pursuant to ARTICLE X, the Managers shall keep the other Members reasonably informed on a timely basis of any material fact, information, litigation, employee relations or other matter that could reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the operations or financial position of the Company, including, but not limited to, any modification of any loan or other financing to the Company. The Managers shall provide all material information relating to the Company or the management or operation of the Company as any Member may reasonably request from time to time.

 

Section 7.06 Budget.

 

(a) The initial business plan and quarterly and annual budget for the Company through the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2021 (the “Initial Budget”), shall be prepared within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. The Budget shall include detailed capital and operating expense budgets, cash flow projections (which shall include amounts and due dates of all projected calls for Additional Capital Contributions) and profit and loss projections. The Managers shall operate the Company in accordance with the Initial Budget (the Initial Budget, as it may be updated or replaced in accordance with Section 7.06(b) is referred to herein as the “Budget”).

 

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(b) At least sixty (60) days before the beginning of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending 2021), the Managers shall prepare and submit to the Non-Managers proposed revisions (including any extensions thereof) to the Budget for such upcoming Fiscal Year. Not later than ten (10) days following its receipt of the proposed revisions, the Non-Managers must, by written notice to the Managers, either approve or disapprove the revised Budget. If the Non-Managers shall not have responded in writing to the proposed revisions prior to the end of such ten (10) day period, the Non-Managers will be deemed to have approved the revised Budget. If the Non-Managers disapproves of the proposed revisions, then the Members shall use good faith efforts to agree on a revised Budget. The Managers shall continue to operate the Company in accordance with the existing Budget until a revised Budget is approved by both Members.

 

Section 7.07 Other Activities; Business Opportunities. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent any Member, including the Managers, or any of its Affiliates from engaging in any other activities or businesses, regardless of whether those activities or businesses are similar to or competitive with the Business. None of the Members nor any of their Affiliates shall be obligated to account to the Company or to the other Member for any profits or income earned or derived from other such activities or businesses. None of the Members nor any of their Affiliates shall be obligated to inform the Company or the other Member of any business opportunity of any type or description.

 

Section 7.08 Compensation and Reimbursement of Managers. The Managers shall not be compensated for their services as the Managers, but the Company shall reimburse the Managers for all ordinary, necessary and direct expenses incurred by the Managers on behalf of the Company in carrying out the Company’s business activities, including, without limitation, salaries of officers and employees of the Managers who are carrying out the Company’s business activities.

 

Section 7.09 Resignation of Managers. The Managers may resign. If either of the Managers resign, then the Member who appointed such resigning manager shall immediately appoint a replacement for the resigning manager.

 

Section 7.10 Special Operational Provisions. The Members agree that the Managers are authorized to cause the Company to enter into the following transactions with the Members (or their respective Affiliates) and/or do the following actions:

 

(a) The Company shall enter into a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with 92 Films, LLC (“92 Films”), negotiated in good faith, for all global rights to the film owned by 92 Films currently entitled Zero Contact formerly entitled 92 (the “Film”).

 

(b) The Company shall obtain a secured loan (the “Loan”) from CWI, which has agreed to make the Loan, for the total sum of Three Million United States Dollars ($3,000,000USD) at 6% annual interest to be repaid with revenues from the Company’s operations. All other terms of the Loan shall be negotiated in good faith.

 

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(c) The Company and CWI will enter into a Technology Operating and Licensing Agreement (the “Technology Agreement”) whereby CWI will license to the Company the use of CWI’s NFT platform and all related rights to use said platform for a cost recovery fee of approximately $15,000 for the Film and, in the event the Company distributes any other films/television/media projects via NFTs, CWI shall receive an individual operating cost recovery fee that will be negotiated in good faith for each NFT separately that will be paid by the Company. All other terms of the Technology Agreement shall be negotiated in good faith.

 

(d) The Company and 92 Films shall create a public relations and marketing budget for the Film (the “Marketing Budget”) and the Company shall enter into separate public relations and marketing agreements (the “Marketing Agreements”) with each Member in exchange for the recovery of all costs incurred by the Members in conformance with the Marketing Budget, which costs shall be paid from the Company’s revenue.

 

Section 7.11 Subsequent Operational Provisions. In connection with the future operations of the Company, the Members agree to the following:

 

(a) The Company shall have an exclusive right of first refusal to distribute via NFTs all future films produced by EEI (itself or through an affiliated entity), who shall submit each subsequent film it produces and other film related offerings to the Company and the Parties will thereafter negotiate in good faith over the terms of the distribution of such future films.

 

(b) The Company shall have an exclusive right of first refusal to distribute via NFTs any and all entertainment offerings relating to movies and television shows in which CWI has any rights whatsoever, or any opportunities to become involved in any capacity. CWI shall be obligated to submit each such offering to the Company, and if Company decides to exercise this right, then the Parties will thereafter negotiate in good faith over the terms of the distribution of such offerings.

 

(c) The Company shall solicit for potential NFT distribution films, television shows, and entertainment related offerings (the “Entertainment Opportunities”) from other companies each of which will be subject to review, consideration and approval of a screening committee (the “Screening Committee”) to be formed by the Company, which will consist of representatives of the Members or designees of the Members. The Screening Committee shall determine whether NFT distribution is appropriate for the proposed Entertainment Opportunity, and, if so, shall determine which NFTs should be marketed. If the distribution agreement for the Entertainment Opportunity is not exclusive to NFTs, then EEI (or a separate affiliated entity) may, in its sole discretion, enter into an exclusive distribution agreement with the production company for the other distribution rights to the Entertainment Opportunity in an attempt to maximize a financial return across distribution channels; provided, however, in connection with entering into such distribution agreement, EEI shall ensure that a separate exclusive distribution agreement is entered into with the Company for such NFT distribution, unless the Screening Committee passes on the Entertainment Opportunity.

 

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Section 7.12 Removal of Manager.

 

(a) Removal upon dissolution, retirement resignation or bankruptcy. A Manager shall be removed and cease to be a Manager of the Company upon the dissolution and winding up, voluntary retirement or resignation of the Manager, or upon the adjudication that the Manager is insolvent or bankrupt.

 

(b) Removal for Cause. A Manager may be removed at any time, but only for “cause” (as hereinafter defined). The removal of the Manager shall not affect the Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal of that Member. For purpose of this Section, “cause” shall mean only the following:

 

(i) The failure of the Manager to observe or perform any material covenant, condition or agreement to be observed or performed by it under this Agreement for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after written notice from the other Members which specifies the failure and requests that it be remedied; provided, however, if the failure stated in the notice is of such a nature that it cannot be corrected with reasonable diligence within the applicable period, the time period for curing such default shall be automatically extended if corrective action is instituted by the Manager within the applicable period and is diligently pursued until the event of default is corrected; or

 

(ii) Proven fraud, dishonesty, bad faith, gross negligence, or recklessness by the Manager in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder.

 

(c) Effective Date of Resignation or Retirement of a Manager. Written notice of the date upon which resignation or retirement of the Manager shall become effective shall be given by the Manager to the Members at least thirty (30) calendar days before such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the resignation and retirement of a Manager shall become effective immediately after the election by the Members of a new Manager even though the election is completed prior to the effective date of the resignation and retirement. If the Manager resigns, retires or is removed, its liability as Manager, if any, shall cease, and the Company promptly shall take all steps reasonably necessary to cause such cessation of liability.

 

(d) Replacing a Retired or Removed Manager. If a Manager resigns or is retired, or is removed pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Member having the right to appoint such Manager pursuant to Section 7.01 shall have the right to designate a replacement Manager.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Exculpation and Indemnification

 

Section 8.01 Exculpation of Covered Persons.

 

(a) Covered Persons. As used herein, the term “Covered Person” shall mean (i) each Member, including the Managers; (ii) each officer, director, stockholder, partner, member, Affiliate, employee, agent or representative of each Member; and (iii) each Officer, employee, agent or representative of the Company.

 

(b) Standard of Care. No Covered Person shall be liable to the Company or any other Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Covered Person in his, her or its capacity as a Covered Person, so long as such action or omission does not constitute fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or a material breach or knowing violation of this Agreement by such Covered Person.

 

(c) Good Faith Reliance. A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements (including financial statements and information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value or amount of the assets, liabilities, Net Income or Net Losses of the Company or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions might properly be paid) of the following Persons or groups: (i) another Member; (ii) one or more Officers or employees of the Company; (iii) any attorney, independent accountant, appraiser or other expert or professional employed or engaged by or on behalf of the Company; or (iv) any other Person selected in good faith by or on behalf of the Company, in each case as to matters that such relying Person reasonably believes to be within such other Person’s professional or expert competence. The preceding sentence shall in no way limit any Person’s right to rely on information to the extent provided in § 18-406 of the Delaware Act.

 

Section 8.02 Liabilities and Duties of Covered Persons.

 

(a) Limitation of Liability. This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, create or impose any fiduciary duty on any Covered Person. Furthermore, each of the Members and the Company hereby waives any and all fiduciary duties that, absent such waiver, may be implied by Applicable Law, and in doing so, acknowledges and agrees that the duties and obligation of each Covered Person to each other and to the Company are only as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person.

 

(b) Duties. Whenever in this Agreement a Covered Person is permitted or required to make a decision (including a decision that is in such Covered Person’s “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude), such Covered Person shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as such Covered Person desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or any other Person. Whenever in this Agreement a Covered Person is permitted or required to make a decision in such Covered Person’s “good faith,” the Covered Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Agreement or any other Applicable Law.

 

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Section 8.03 Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any such amendment, substitution or replacement, only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Delaware Act permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment, substitution or replacement), the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless, defend, pay and reimburse any Covered Person against any and all losses, claims, damages, judgments, fines or liabilities, including reasonable legal fees or other expenses incurred in investigating or defending against such losses, claims, damages, judgments, fines or liabilities, and any amounts expended in settlement of any claims (collectively, “Losses”) to which such Covered Person may become subject by reason of:

 

(i) any act or omission or alleged act or omission performed or omitted to be performed on behalf of the Company, any Member or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the foregoing in connection with the Business of the Company; or

 

(ii) such Covered Person being or acting in connection with the Business of the Company as a member, stockholder, Affiliate, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, any Member, or any of their respective Affiliates, or that such Covered Person is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of any Person including the Company;

 

provided, that (x) such Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner believed by such Covered Person to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and within the scope of such Covered Person’s authority conferred on him or it by the Company and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and (y) such Covered Person’s conduct did not constitute fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or a material breach or knowing violation of this Agreement by such Covered Person[, in each case as determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction]. In connection with the foregoing, the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Covered Person did not act in good faith or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful, or that the Covered Person’s conduct constituted fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or a material breach or knowing violation of this Agreement.

 

(b) Control of Defense. Upon a Covered Person’s discovery of any claim, lawsuit or other proceeding relating to any Losses for which such Covered Person may be indemnified pursuant to this Section 8.03, the Covered Person shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such claim, lawsuit or proceeding, provided, that the failure of the Covered Person to provide such notice shall not relieve the Company of any indemnification obligation under this Section 8.03, unless the Company shall have been materially prejudiced thereby. Subject to the approval of the disinterested Members, the Company shall be entitled to participate in or assume the defense of any such claim, lawsuit or proceeding at its own expense. After notice from the Company to the Covered Person of its election to assume the defense of any such claim, lawsuit or proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to the Covered Person under this Agreement or otherwise for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Covered Person in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any such claim, lawsuit or other proceeding. If the Company does not elect (or fails to elect) to assume the defense of any such claim, lawsuit or proceeding, the Covered Person shall have the right to assume the defense of such claim, lawsuit or proceeding as it deems appropriate, but it shall not settle any such claim, lawsuit or proceeding without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

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(c) Reimbursement. The Company shall promptly reimburse (and/or advance to the extent reasonably required) each Covered Person for reasonable legal or other expenses (as incurred) of such Covered Person in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any claim, lawsuit or other proceeding relating to any Losses for which such Covered Person may be indemnified pursuant to this Section 8.03; provided, that if it is finally judicially determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to the indemnification provided by this Section 8.03, then such Covered Person shall promptly reimburse the Company for any reimbursed or advanced expenses.

 

(d) Entitlement to Indemnity. The indemnification provided by this Section 8.03 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement or otherwise. The provisions of this Section 8.03 shall continue to afford protection to each Covered Person regardless of whether such Covered Person remains in the position or capacity pursuant to which such Covered Person became entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.03 and shall inure to the benefit of the executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such Covered Person.

 

(e) Insurance. To the extent available on commercially reasonable terms, the Company may purchase, at its expense, insurance to cover Losses covered by the foregoing indemnification provisions and to otherwise cover Losses for any breach or alleged breach by any Covered Person of such Covered Person’s duties in such amount and with such deductibles as the Managers may reasonably determine; provided, that the failure to obtain such insurance shall not affect the right to indemnification of any Covered Person under the indemnification provisions contained herein, including the right to be reimbursed or advanced expenses or otherwise indemnified for Losses hereunder. If any Covered Person recovers any amounts in respect of any Losses from any insurance coverage, then such Covered Person shall, to the extent that such recovery is duplicative, reimburse the Company for any amounts previously paid to such Covered Person by the Company in respect of such Losses.

 

(f) Funding of Indemnification Obligation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any indemnity by the Company relating to the matters covered in this Section 8.03 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to help satisfy such indemnity by the Company.

 

(g) Savings Clause. If this Section 8.03 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person pursuant to this Section 8.03 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 8.03 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law.

 

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(h) Amendment. The provisions of this Section 8.03 shall be a contract between the Company, on the one hand, and each Covered Person who served in such capacity at any time while this Section 8.03 is in effect, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Company and each such Covered Person intend to be legally bound. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 8.03 that adversely affects the rights of a Covered Person to indemnification for Losses incurred or relating to a state of facts existing prior to such amendment, modification or repeal shall apply in such a way as to eliminate or reduce such Covered Person’s entitlement to indemnification for such Losses without the Covered Person’s prior written consent.

 

Section 8.04 Survival. The provisions of this ARTICLE VIII shall survive the dissolution, liquidation, winding up and termination of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IX

Transfer

 

Section 9.01 Restrictions on Transfer.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this ARTICLE IX, no Member shall Transfer all or any portion of its Membership Interest in the Company without the written consent of the other Member (which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of the other Member). No Transfer of Membership Interests to a Person not already a Member of the Company shall be deemed completed until the prospective Transferee is admitted as a Member of the Company in accordance with Section 4.01(b) hereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (including Section 9.02), each Member agrees that it will not Transfer all or any portion of its Membership Interest in the Company, and the Company agrees that it shall not issue any Membership Interests:

 

(i) except as permitted under the Securities Act and other applicable federal or state securities or blue-sky laws, and then, with respect to a Transfer of Membership Interests, only upon delivery to the Company of an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such Transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities Act;

 

(ii) if such Transfer or issuance would cause the Company to be considered a “publicly traded partnership” under Section 7704(b) of the Code within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1)(ii), including the look-through rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(3);

 

(iii) if such Transfer or issuance would affect the Company’s existence or qualification as a limited liability company under the Delaware Act;

 

(iv) if such Transfer or issuance would cause the Company to lose its status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes;

 

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(v) if such Transfer or issuance would cause the Company to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or

 

(vi) if such Transfer or issuance would cause the assets of the Company to be deemed “Plan Assets” as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or its accompanying regulations or result in any “prohibited transaction” thereunder involving the Company.

 

(c) Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Membership Interest in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void, no such Transfer shall be recorded on the Company’s books and the purported Transferee in any such Transfer shall not be treated (and the purported Transferor shall continue be treated) as the owner of such Membership Interest for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, any Transfer of a Membership Interest permitted by this Agreement shall be deemed a sale, transfer, assignment or other disposal of such Membership Interest in its entirety as intended by the parties to such Transfer, and shall not be deemed a sale, transfer, assignment or other disposal of any less than all of the rights and benefits described in the definition of the term “Membership Interest,” unless otherwise explicitly agreed to by the parties to such Transfer.

 

Section 9.02 Permitted Transfers. The provisions of Section 9.01(a) shall not apply to any Transfer by any Member of all or any portion of its Membership Interest to its Affiliate, who was an Affiliate as of the date of the execution of this Agreement which are Enderby Entertainment Canada, Inc for EEI and CurrencyWorks Inc. for CWI.

 

Section 9.03 Option to Purchase Upon Specified Events

 

(a) Option Events. Upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each referred to hereinafter as an “Option Event”) affecting a Member (the “Affected Holder”), the Company and the unaffected Members (each, an “Unaffected Member”) shall have the option to purchase the amount of Membership Interests of such Affected Holder as described in Section 9.03(b), for the price and upon the terms set forth in Section 9.03(c) – (e):

 

(i) The Bankruptcy of a Member, which is not terminated within ninety (90) days after its commencement.

 

(ii) A general assignment for the benefit of the creditors of a Member.

 

(iii) A levy upon the Membership Interests of a Member pursuant to a writ of execution or subject to the authority of any governmental entity, which levy is not removed within thirty (30) days and only to extent of the Membership Interests subject to the levy.

 

(iv) A Termination for Cause of a Member, or, in the event, grounds existed for a Termination for Cause.

 

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(b) Exercise of Option. The Affected Holder or his or her legal representative shall give written notice to the Company and the Unaffected Members immediately upon the occurrence of an Option Event and in no event more than ten (10) days after the occurrence of such Option Event or the appointment of a bankruptcy trustee, receiver or other legal representative for such Affected Holder, whichever shall last occur (the “Option Event Notice”). Upon receipt of the Option Event Notice and for a period of 180 days thereafter, the Company shall have the first option to purchase all or any portion of the Membership Interests of the Affected Holder subject to repurchase pursuant to Section 9.03. Within 30 days after the receipt of such notice from the Company, any of the Unaffected Members desiring to acquire any part or all of said Membership Interests (“Purchasing Members”) shall deliver to the Company a written election to purchase said Membership Interests, or a specified number thereof (each, an “Election Notice”). If the total amount of Membership Interests specified in the Election Notices exceeds the amount of Membership Interests to be transferred, each such Purchasing Member shall have priority, up to the amount of Membership Interests specified in his, her or its Election Notice, to purchase such proportion of the Membership Interests to be transferred as the portion of the Membership Interests which he or she holds bears to the total amount of the Membership Interests held by all Purchasing Members. In the event that there are Membership Interests remaining after the application of the above formula, the remaining Membership Interests shall be distributed among the Purchasing Members who have not received the amount of Membership Interests specified in their Election Notices, in the proportion that the amount of Membership Interests specified in each individual Purchasing Member’s Election Notice, less the amount of Membership Interests allocated to that Purchasing Member under the above formula, bears to the total amount of Membership Interests in all such Election Notices, less all Membership Interests allocated to Purchasing Members under the above formula.

 

(c) Notice of Exercise of Option. If the Company and/or the Unaffected Member(s) elect to purchase any Membership Interests of the Affected Holder, the Company shall give written notice of such election, setting forth the amount of such Membership Interests to be purchased by each party, by giving written notice of such election to the Affected Holder and, if applicable, his receiver or trustee in bankruptcy, the creditor who secured a levy upon the Affected Holder’s assets, his legal representative, or other transferee as the case may be (the “Purchase Notice”).

 

(d) Purchase Price. The purchase price to be paid by the Company and/or Purchasing Members upon the exercise of any option to purchase Membership Interests under this Section 9.03, shall equal the percentage of all Membership Interests in the Company, represented by such Membership Interests, multiplied by 50% of the Fair Market Value calculated as of the last day of the month prior to the Option Event.

 

(e) Payment of the Purchase Price. Within thirty (30) days following delivery of the Purchase Notice, the Company and/or Purchasing Members shall, deliver to the Affected Holder, cash in an amount equal to Twenty-Five (25%) of the purchase price, together with a Seller Note representing Seventy Five Percent (75%) of the purchase price.

 

(f) No Voting. To the extent the Membership Interests of the Affected Member have voting rights, such voting rights shall not be effective after the date of the Option Event.

 

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ARTICLE X

Accounting; Tax Matters

 

Section 10.01 Financial Statements. The Company shall furnish to each Member the following reports:

 

(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as at the end of each such Fiscal Year and audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and Members’ equity for such Fiscal Year, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, accompanied by the certification of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Managers, certifying to the effect that, except as set forth therein, such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with prior years, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of their operations and changes in their cash flows and Members’ equity for the periods covered thereby.

 

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarterly accounting period in each Fiscal Year (other than the last fiscal quarter of the Fiscal Year), unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as at the end of each such fiscal quarter and for the current Fiscal Year to date and unaudited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and Members’ equity for such fiscal quarter and for the current Fiscal Year to date, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal quarter, all in reasonable detail and all prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes thereto), and certified by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company.

 

(c) Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each monthly accounting period in each fiscal quarter (other than the last month of the fiscal quarter), unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company as at the end of each such monthly period and for the current Fiscal Year to date and unaudited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and Members’ equity for each such monthly period and for the current Fiscal Year to date, all in reasonable detail and all prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of notes thereto).

 

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Section 10.02 Inspection Rights. Upon reasonable notice from a Member, the Company shall afford such Member and its Representatives access during normal business hours to (i) the Company’s principal office; (ii) the corporate, financial and similar records, reports and documents of the Company, including all books and records, minutes of proceedings, internal management documents, reports of operations, reports of adverse developments, copies of any management letters and communications with Members (including the Managers), and to permit each Member and its Representatives to examine such documents and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and (iii) any Officers, senior employees and accountants of the Company, and to afford each Member and its Representatives the opportunity to discuss and advise on the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company with such Officers, senior employees and accountants (and the Company hereby authorizes such employees and accountants to discuss with such Member and its Representatives such affairs, finances and accounts); provided that (x) the requesting Member shall bear its own expenses and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any inspection or examination requested by such Member pursuant to this Section 10.02 and (y) if the Company provides or makes available any report or written analysis for any Member pursuant to this Section 10.02, it shall promptly provide or make available such report or analysis to or for the other Member.

 

Section 10.03 Income Tax Status. It is the intent of this Company and the Members that this Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S., federal, state and local income tax purposes. Neither the Company nor any Member shall make an election for the Company to be classified as other than a partnership pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3.

 

Section 10.04 Tax Matters Representative.

 

(a) Appointment. The Members hereby appoint the Managers as the “partnership representative” as provided in Code Section 6223(a) (the “Tax Matters Representative”) and the Managers are hereby authorized as the sole person authorized to act on behalf of the Tax Matters Representative in US federal tax audits and proceedings.

 

(b) Tax Examinations and Audits. The Tax Matters Representative is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by Taxing Authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. The Tax Matters Representative shall have sole authority to act on behalf of the Company in any such examinations and any resulting administrative or judicial proceedings, and shall have sole discretion to determine whether the Company (either on its own behalf or on behalf of the Members) will contest or continue to contest any tax deficiencies assessed or proposed to be assessed by any Taxing Authority.

 

(c) US Federal Tax Proceedings. To the extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, the Tax Matters Representative shall cause the Company to annually elect out of the partnership audit procedures set forth in Subchapter C of Chapter 63 of the Code as amended by the BBA (the “Revised Partnership Audit Rules”) pursuant to Code Section 6221(b). For any year in which applicable law and regulations do not permit the Company to elect out of the Revised Partnership Audit Rules, then within forty-five (45) days of any notice of final partnership adjustment, the Tax Matters Representative shall cause the Company to elect the alternative procedure under Code Section 6226, and furnish to the Internal Revenue Service and each Member during the year or years to which the notice of final partnership adjustment relates a statement of the Member’s share of any adjustment set forth in the notice of final partnership adjustment.

 

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(d) Tax Returns and Tax Deficiencies. Each Member agrees that such Member shall not treat any Company item inconsistently on such Member’s federal, state, foreign or other income tax return with the treatment of the item on the Company’s return. Any deficiency for taxes imposed on any Member (including penalties, additions to tax or interest imposed with respect to such taxes and any taxes imposed pursuant to Code Section 6226) will be paid by such Member and if required to be paid (and actually paid) by the Company, will be recoverable from such Member as provided in Section 6.02(d).

 

(e) Section 754. The Tax Matters Representative will make an election under Code Section 754, if requested in writing by another Member.

 

(f) Indemnification. The Company shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Tax Matters Representative against any and all liabilities sustained as a result of any act or decision concerning Company tax matters and within the scope of such Member’s responsibilities as Tax Matters Representative, so long as such act or decision was done or made in good faith and does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

Section 10.05 Tax Returns. At the expense of the Company, the Managers (or any Officer that it may designate pursuant to Section 7.03) shall endeavor to cause the preparation and timely filing (including extensions) of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Code as well as all other required tax returns in each jurisdiction in which the Company own property or do business. As soon as reasonably possible after the end of each Fiscal Year, the Managers or designated Officer will cause to be delivered to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Fiscal Year, IRS Schedule K-1 to Form 1065 and such other information with respect to the Company as may be necessary for the preparation of such Person’s federal, state and local income tax returns for such Fiscal Year.

 

Section 10.06 Company Funds. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in its name, or in such name as may be designated by the Managers, in such checking, savings or other accounts, or held in its name in the form of such other investments as shall be designated by the Managers. The funds of the Company shall not be commingled with the funds of any other Person. All withdrawals of such deposits or liquidations of such investments by the Company shall be made exclusively upon the signature or signatures of such Officer or Officers as the Managers may designate.

 

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ARTICLE XI

Dissolution and Liquidation

 

Section 11.01 Events of Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up only upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a) The determination of the Members to dissolve the Company;

 

(b) The Bankruptcy of a Member, unless within ten (10) days after the occurrence of such Bankruptcy, the other Member agrees in writing to continue the business of the Company;

 

(c) At the election of a non-defaulting Member, in its sole discretion, if the other Member breaches any material covenant, duty or obligation under this Agreement (including a Member’s obligation to make Additional Capital Contributions pursuant to Section 3.02), which breach remains uncured for five (5) days after written notice of such breach was received by the defaulting Member;

 

(d) The sale, exchange, involuntary conversion, or other disposition or Transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; or

 

(e) The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under § 18-802 of the Delaware Act.

 

Section 11.02 Effectiveness of Dissolution. Dissolution of the Company shall be effective on the day on which the event described in Section 11.01 occurs, but the Company shall not terminate until the winding up of the Company has been completed, the assets of the Company have been distributed as provided in Section 11.03and the Certificate of Formation shall have been cancelled as provided in Section 11.04.

 

Section 11.03 Liquidation. If the Company is dissolved pursuant to Section 11.01, the Company shall be liquidated and its business and affairs wound up in accordance with the Delaware Act and the following provisions:

 

(a) Liquidator. The Managers shall act as liquidator to wind up the Company (the “Liquidator”), unless the Company is being dissolved pursuant to Section 11.01(b) or Section 11.01(c) based on the Bankruptcy or a breach by the Managers, in which case the Liquidator shall be the Non-Managers. The Liquidator shall have full power and authority to sell, assign, and encumber any or all of the Company’s assets and to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the Company in an orderly and business-like manner.

 

(b) Accounting. As promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the Liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable.

 

(c) Distribution of Proceeds. The Liquidator shall liquidate the assets of the Company and distribute the proceeds of such liquidation in the following order of priority, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of Applicable Law:

 

(i) first, to the payment of all of the Company’s debts and liabilities to its creditors (including Members, if applicable) and the expenses of liquidation (including sales commissions incident to any sales of assets of the Company);

 

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(ii) second, to the establishment of and additions to reserves that are determined by the Liquidator to be reasonably necessary for any contingent unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company;

 

(iii) third, to the Members in accordance with the positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts, as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the taxable year of the Company during which the liquidation of the Company occurs; and

 

(iv) fourth, to the Members equally on a 50%/50% and not in accordance with their respective Membership Interests.

 

(d) Discretion of Liquidator. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.03(c) that require the liquidation of the assets of the Company, but subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 11.03(c), if upon dissolution of the Company the Liquidator reasonably determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or could cause undue loss to the Members, the Liquidator may defer the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities and reserves, and may, upon unanimous consent of the Members, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.03(c), undivided interests in such Company assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distribution in kind shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operating of such properties at such time. For purposes of any such distribution, any property to be distributed will be valued at its Fair Market Value, as determined by the Liquidator in good faith.

 

Section 11.04 Cancellation of Certificate. Upon completion of the distribution of the assets of the Company as provided in Section 11.03(c) hereof, the Company shall be terminated and the Liquidator shall cause the cancellation of the Certificate of Formation in the State of Delaware and of all qualifications and registrations of the Company as a foreign limited liability company in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company.

 

Section 11.05 Survival of Rights, Duties and Obligations. Dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination of the Company for any reason shall not release any party from any Loss that at the time of such dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination already had accrued to any other party or thereafter may accrue in respect of any act or omission prior to such dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing shall replace, diminish or otherwise adversely affect any Member’s right to indemnification pursuant to Section 8.03.

 

Section 11.06 Recourse for Claims. Each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for all distributions with respect to the Company, such Member’s Capital Account, and such Member’s share of Net Income, Net Loss and other items of income, gain, loss and deduction, and shall have no recourse therefor (upon dissolution or otherwise) against the Liquidator or any other Member.

 

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ARTICLE XII

Miscellaneous

 

Section 12.01 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, incurred in connection with the preparation and execution of this Agreement, or any amendment or waiver hereof, and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

Section 12.02 Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company and each Member hereby agrees, at the request of the Company or any other Member, to execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances and to take such further actions as may be required to carry out the provisions hereof and give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 12.03 Confidentiality.

 

(a) Each Member acknowledges that during the term of this Agreement, it will have access to and become acquainted with trade secrets, proprietary information and confidential information belonging to the Company, the other Members, and their respective Affiliates that are not generally known to the public, including, but not limited to, information concerning business plans, financial statements and other information, operating practices and methods, expansion plans, strategic plans, marketing plans, contracts, customer lists or other business documents that the Company, such Member or such Affiliate, as applicable, treats as confidential, in any format whatsoever (including oral, written, electronic or any other form or medium) (collectively, “Confidential Information”). In addition, each Member acknowledges that: (i) the Company, the other Member and their respective Affiliates, as applicable, have invested, and continue to invest, substantial time, expense and specialized knowledge in developing its Confidential Information; (ii) the Confidential Information provides the Company, the other Member and their respective Affiliates, as applicable, with a competitive advantage over others in the marketplace; and (iii) the Company, the other Member or their respective Affiliates, as applicable, would be irreparably harmed if the Confidential Information were disclosed to competitors or made available to the public. Without limiting the applicability of any other agreement to which the Company, any Member or their respective Affiliates, as applicable, is subject, neither the Company nor any Member shall, directly or indirectly, disclose or use (other than solely for the purposes of such Member monitoring and analyzing its investment in the Company) at any time, including, without limitation, use for personal, commercial or proprietary advantage or profit, either during its association with the Company or thereafter, any Confidential Information of the Company, the other Member or its Affiliates, of which the Company or such Member is or becomes aware. The Company and each Member in possession of Confidential Information of the Company, the other Member or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall take all appropriate steps to safeguard such information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.

 

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(b) Nothing contained in Section 12.03(a) shall prevent any Member from disclosing Confidential Information: (i) upon the order of any court or administrative agency; (ii) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority having jurisdiction over such Member; (iii) to the extent compelled by legal process or required or requested pursuant to subpoena, interrogatories or other discovery requests; (iv) to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder; (v) to the other Member; (vi) to such Member’s Representatives who, in the reasonable judgment of such Member, need to know such Confidential Information and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 12.03 as if a Member; or (vii) to any potential Permitted Transferee in connection with a proposed Transfer of Membership Interests from such Member, as long as such Transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 12.03 as if a Member; provided, that in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii), such Member shall notify the Company and other Member of the proposed disclosure as far in advance of such disclosure as practicable (but in no event make any such disclosure before notifying the Company and other Member) and use reasonable efforts to ensure that any Confidential Information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment satisfactory to the Company, when and if available.

 

(c) The restrictions of Section 12.03(a) shall not apply to Confidential Information that: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Member in violation of this Agreement; (ii) is or has been independently developed or conceived by such Member without use of Confidential Information; or (iii) becomes available to such Member or any of its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, the other Member or any of their respective Representatives, provided, that such source is not known by the receiving Member to be bound by a confidentiality agreement regarding the Company.

 

(d) The obligations of each Member under this Section 12.03 shall survive (i) the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company, (ii) the withdrawal of such Member from the Company, and (iii) such Member’s Transfer of its Membership Interests.

 

Section 12.04 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or e-mail of a PDF document (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 12.04):

 

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If to the Company:

561 Indiana Court

Los Angeles, CA 90291

Telephone: 403-681-2549

E-mail: swapan.kakumanu@currencyworks.io

Attention: Swapan Kakumanu, Manager

 

If to EEI:

9440 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 301

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Telephone: 818-269-3292

E-mail: rickd@enderbyentertainment.com

Attention: Rick Dugdale, CEO

 

If to CWI:

 

561 Indiana Court

Los Angeles, CA 90291

Telephone: 310-658-4413

E-mail: cameron@businessinstincts.com

Attention: Cameron Chell, Chairman

 

Section 12.05 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience or reference only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define, or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.06 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under Applicable Law in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Except as provided in Section 8.03(g), upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

Section 12.07 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Certificate of Formation and all related Exhibits and Schedules, constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

Section 12.08 Successors and Assigns. Subject to the restrictions on Transfers set forth herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Member except as permitted by this Agreement and any assignment in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void.

 

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Section 12.09 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in ARTICLE VIII, which shall be for the benefit of and enforceable by Covered Persons as described therein, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto (and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns) and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person, including any creditor of the Company, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.10 Amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing executed by both of the Members. Any such written amendment or modification will be binding upon the Company and each Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amendments to Schedule A that are necessary to reflect any new issuance, redemption, repurchase or Transfer of Membership Interests in accordance with this Agreement may be made by the Managers without the consent of or execution by the Members.

 

Section 12.11 Waiver. No waiver by any party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 12.01 shall diminish any of the explicit and implicit waivers described in this Agreement, including in Section 12.14 hereof.

 

Section 12.12 Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the application, construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware.

 

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Section 12.13 Submission to Jurisdiction. The parties hereby agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware), so long as one of such courts shall have subject-matter jurisdiction over such suit, action or proceeding, and that any case of action arising out of this Agreement shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding that is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient form. Service of process, summons, notice or other document by registered mail to the address set forth in Section 12.04 shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court.

 

Section 12.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that any controversy that may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any legal action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 12.15 Equitable Remedies. Each party hereto acknowledges that a breach or threatened breach by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement would give rise to irreparable harm to the other parties, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy, and hereby agrees that in the event of a breach or a threatened breach by such party of any such obligations, each of the other parties hereto shall, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that may be available to them in respect of such breach, be entitled to equitable relief, including a temporary restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from a court of competent jurisdiction (without any requirement to post bond).

 

Section 12.16 Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any party hereto institutes any legal suit, action or proceeding, including arbitration, against another party in respect of a matter arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party in the suit, action or proceeding shall be entitled to receive, in addition to all other damages to which it may be entitled, the costs incurred by such party in conducting the suit, action or proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs.

 

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Section 12.17 Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies under this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity or otherwise, except to the extent expressly provided in Section 8.02 to the contrary.

 

Section 12.18 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement delivered by facsimile, email or other means of Electronic Transmission shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

COMPANY  

 

/s/ Don Monaco  
Don Monaco, Manager  

 

/s/ Swapan Kakumanu  
Swapan Kakumanu, Manager  

 

MEMBERS

 

ENDERBY ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

/s/ Rick Dugdale  
Rick Dugdale, CEO  

 

CURRENCYWORKS USA, INC.

 

/s/ Cameron Chell  
Cameron Chell, Chairman  

 

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Exhibit A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

Reference is hereby made to the Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated [DATE], as amended from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), among Enderby Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation whose principal place of business is 9440 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 301, Beverly Hills, California 90210 (“EEI”), and CurrencyWorks, USA Inc., a Nevada corporation whose principal place of business is 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291 (“CWI”), and [NAME OF COMPANY], a company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”). Pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.01(b) of the LLC Agreement, the undersigned hereby acknowledges that it has received and reviewed a complete copy of the LLC Agreement and agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, such Person shall become a party to the LLC Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms, and conditions of the LLC Agreement as though an original party thereto and shall be deemed, and is hereby admitted as, a Member for all purposes thereof and entitled to all the rights incidental thereto, and shall hold the status of membership in the Company.

 

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the LLC Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of [DATE].

 

  NEW MEMBER
     
  By
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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Schedule A

MEMBERS SCHEDULE

 

Member Name and Address   Membership Interest     Initial Capital Contribution  

Enderby Entertainment, Inc.

9440 Santa Monica Boulevard,

Suite 301 Beverly Hills, California 90210

    49 %   $ 4,900.00  

CurrencyWorks USA, Inc.

561 Indiana Court

Los Angeles, CA 90291

    51 %   $ 5,100.00  
Total:     100 %   $ 10,000.00  

 

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Schedule B

DESIGNATED MANAGERS

 

  Pursuant to Article 7.01, Enderby Entertainment, Inc., designates Don Monaco as manager of the Company.
     
  Pursuant to Article 7.01, CurrencyWorks USA, Inc., designates Swapan Kakumanu as manager of the Company.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

LLC MEMBER SERVICES MASTER AGREEMENT

 

This LLC Member Services Master Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of July 6, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into between EnderbyWorks, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, located at 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291 (the “Client”), Enderby Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation whose principal place of business is 9440 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 301, Beverly Hills, California 90210 (“EEI”), and CurrencyWorks USA, Inc., a Nevada corporation whose principal place of business is 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291 (“CWI”) (EEI and CWI shall be collectively referred to as “Service Providers”).

 

WHEREAS, Service Providers are members of the Client;

 

WHEREAS, the Client and Service Providers agreed that Service Providers shall be permitted to provide services to the Client on terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms, and conditions set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Service Providers’ Services and Responsibilities.

 

1.1 Services. Service Providers shall provide to Client the services set out more specifically in one or more statements of work to be issued by Client and accepted by Service Providers generally in the form of Exhibit A (each, a “Statement of Work” or “SOW” and collectively referred to as the “Services”). In the event of any inconsistency between an SOW and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. Service Providers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Services: (a) in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the respective Statement of Work and this Agreement; (b) using personnel of required skill, experience, and qualifications; (c) in a workmanlike and professional manner; (d) in accordance with generally recognized industry standards in the promotion and marketing field; and (e) to the reasonable good faith satisfaction of Client.

 

1.2 Time of the Essence. Subject to Client’s timely cooperation in accordance with Section 2.3, Service Providers acknowledges that time is of the essence with respect to Service Providers’ obligations hereunder and that prompt and timely performance of all such obligations is strictly required.

 

1.3 Service Providers Account Manager and Personnel.

 

(a) Subject to the prior written approval of Client, not to be unreasonably withheld, Service Providers shall: (i) appoint an employee to serve as the primary contact with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement (the “Account Manager”); (ii) hire, supervise, direct, and discharge all employees and Permitted Subcontractors (as defined in Section 1.3(e)) necessary to perform the Services, each of whom shall be suitably skilled, experienced, and qualified (collectively with the Account Manager, the “Service Providers Personnel”); and (iii) upon reasonable request of Client, promptly replace the Account Manager and any other Service Providers Personnel.

 

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(b) To the extent reasonably possible, Service Providers shall maintain the same Account Manager and other Service Providers Personnel throughout the Term of this Agreement except for changes in such personnel in response to: (i) the Client’s written request in accordance with Section 1.3(a)(iii); (ii) the resignation or termination of such personnel; or (iii) other circumstances outside of Service Providers’ reasonable control.

 

(c) Service Providers shall comply with all applicable laws and any applicable collective bargaining agreements affecting any Service Providers Personnel.

 

(d) Service Providers shall be responsible for the payment of all compensation owed to the Service Providers Personnel, including, if applicable, the payment and withholding of social security and other payroll taxes, withholding of income taxes, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation insurance payments, and disability benefits.

 

(e) Service Providers may enter into agreements with or otherwise engage any person who is not a Service Provider employee, including any independent consultants, contractors, subcontractors, or affiliates of Service Providers (each such approved third party, a “Permitted Subcontractor”), to provide any Services or Deliverables (as this defined term is defined herein) to Client. Service Providers shall remain fully responsible for the performance of each such Permitted Subcontractor and its employees and for their compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if they were Service Providers’ own employees. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any contractual relationship between Client and any Permitted Subcontractor. Service Providers shall require each Permitted Subcontractor to be bound in writing by the confidential information and intellectual property provisions of this Agreement, and, on Client’s written request, to enter into a non-disclosure or intellectual property assignment or license agreement with Service Providers in a form that is reasonably satisfactory to Client.

 

(f) All persons employed by Service Providers in connection with the Services shall either be employees of Service Providers or Permitted Subcontractors retained by Service Providers and Service Providers shall be solely responsible for complying with all laws and collective bargaining agreements affecting such persons.

 

1.4 Client Approval. Prior to their public release, Service Providers shall submit to Client for approval any Deliverables (as this defined term is defined herein) intended to be displayed, published, reproduced, distributed, or otherwise made publicly available. Within five (5) days after receiving a submission and request for approval from Client, Client shall provide Service Providers with written approval or disapproval of the materials submitted. If Client does not respond within five (5) days, (a) the submission will be deemed disapproved and (b) until Service Providers revises the materials to the satisfaction of Client, the materials shall not be publicly released. Client approval will not modify in any way Service Providers’ representations, warranties, covenants, and other obligations under this Agreement.

 

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1.5 No Exclusivity. Service Providers retains the right to perform the same or similar type of services for third parties during the Term (as defined in Section 10.1).

 

1.6 Status Reports. Service Providers shall provide Client with regular written status reports, including written confirmation of completion of Services, SOWs, and each milestone in an SOW.

 

1.7 Meetings. On Client’s reasonable request, the Account Manager shall attend and shall cause any relevant Service Providers Personnel to attend, in-person or videoconference or telephonic monthly meetings with Client Contract Manager (or its designee) to discuss the Services and SOWs.

 

1.8 Influencer Campaign. When Service Providers engages a blogger, personality, celebrity, or other individual to post on social media platforms (“Influencer”) to promote Client’s products and/or services, Service Providers shall manage the Influencer campaign as follows:

 

(a) Service Providers shall enter into a written agreement with Influencers that: (i) sets forth requirements for the posts and the social media platforms to be used; (ii) requires Influencers to disclose their material connection to Client clearly and conspicuously in their postings; (iii) advises Influencers that their statements should reflect their honest opinions, beliefs, and experiences; (iv) requires Influencers not to make any false or misleading statements about Client’s products and/or services; (v) advises Influencers how to access the FTC’s guidance on endorsements and require them to read it; and (vi) includes a list of any claims about the products and/or services that Client has substantiated and has provided to Service Providers for distribution to Influencers.

 

(b) During the term of any Influencer campaign and for a period of three (3) months thereafter, Service Providers shall monitor Influencers’ posts to ensure that all Influencers (i) disclose their material connection to Client clearly and conspicuously; (ii) do not make any unsubstantiated claims about Client’s products and/or services; and (iii) otherwise comply with all laws, rules, regulations, and policies of Client or Service Providers. Service Providers shall provide Client with a weekly written report of Influencer activity including any failures by Influencers to adhere to their obligations.

 

(c) Service Providers shall report all Influencer compliance failures to Client and require Influencers to correct their failures immediately. In the event an Influencer refuses to correct a non-compliance or repeatedly fails to comply with Influencer’s obligations, Service Providers shall promptly notify Client and at Client’s request, make necessary corrections, withhold payment from Influencer, terminate Influencer, or take other mutually agreed upon corrective measures.

 

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1.9 Compliance with Laws. Service Providers shall at all times comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, regulations, and orders that are applicable to the operation of its business and to this Agreement and its performance hereunder.

 

1.10 Compliance with Industry Standards. Service Providers shall comply with promotion and marketing industry standards and self-regulatory guidelines and best practices in providing the Services.

 

2. Client Obligations and Responsibilities. Client shall:

 

2.1 Appoint and, in its reasonable discretion, replace a Client employee to serve as the primary contact with respect to this Agreement and who will have the authority to act on behalf of Client with respect to matters pertaining to this Agreement (the “Client Contract Manager”).

 

2.2 Provide copies of or access to Client’s information, documents, samples, products, description of services, or other materials (collectively, “Client Materials”) as Service Providers may reasonably request in order to carry out the Services in a timely manner and which Client considers reasonably necessary, and ensure that they are complete and accurate in all material respects; provided, however, that in no event shall Client be required to provide Service Providers with any trade secret information. Client and its licensors are, and shall remain, the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title, and interest in and to all Client Materials, including all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, trade secrets, patents, mask works, and other intellectual and industrial property rights (collectively “Intellectual Property Rights”) therein. Service Providers shall have no right or license to use any Client Materials other than during the Term to the extent necessary to provide the Services to Client, and all other rights in and to the Client Materials are expressly reserved by Client.

 

2.3 Use commercially reasonable efforts to respond promptly to any Service Providers’ request to provide direction, information, approvals, authorizations, or decisions that are reasonably necessary for Service Providers to perform the Services in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement.

 

3. Intellectual Property Rights; Ownership.

 

3.1 Ownership of Deliverables.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.1(e), Client owns all worldwide right, title, and interest in and to all written, graphic, coded, audio, and visual materials and other work product (whether finished or unfinished and whether used by Client or not) that are delivered to or developed for Client under this Agreement or are prepared by or on behalf of Service Providers in the course of performing the Services, including all Intellectual Property Rights therein, together with all of the goodwill associated therewith (collectively, the “Deliverables”). The Deliverables shall include, without limitation (whether finished or unfinished and whether used by Client or not), all copy, blogs, storyboards, concepts, ideas, inventions, discoveries, domain names, logos, taglines, slogans, website design, style, content, structure and look and feel, internet portals, videos, research, studies, reports, presentations and proposals, artwork, videos, music, lyrics, photographs, graphic materials, audiovisual works, and telephone numbers for use by Client’s consumers or customers.

 

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(b) All Deliverables protectable under United States copyright law shall be owned by Client as “works made for hire” as defined in Section 101 of the United States Copyright Act. To the extent that any or all of such Deliverables are not deemed a work made for hire, Service Providers assigns to Client all right, title, and interest in and to the worldwide copyrights in such Deliverables. With respect to all other Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables, Service Providers irrevocably assigns to Client all worldwide right, title, and interest in and to all Intellectual Property Rights in such Deliverables.

 

(c) Upon the request of Client, Service Providers shall, and shall cause the Service Providers Personnel to, promptly take such further actions, including execution and delivery of all appropriate instruments of conveyance, as may be necessary to assist Client to prosecute, register, perfect, or record its rights in or to any Deliverables and all Intellectual Property Rights therein.

 

(d) Service Providers shall cause all Service Providers Personnel to: (i) Agree that all Deliverables that may qualify as “works made for hire” will be deemed “works made for hire” for Client and, to the extent that any of the Deliverables does not constitute a “work made for hire,” or is protected under other Intellectual Property Rights, to irrevocably assign, to Client, in each case without additional consideration, all worldwide right, title, and interest in and all the Intellectual Property Rights in such Deliverables; and (ii) Irrevocably waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all claims such Service Providers Personnel may now or hereafter have in any jurisdiction to so-called “moral rights” concerning the Deliverables.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Client’s ownership of the Deliverables shall be subject to (i) the rights of third parties whose materials or services are contained in the Deliverables with Client’s prior knowledge and written approval (for example, stock footage, photos, music, and software) and used under a license or other permission granted to Service Providers or Client (“Third-Party Materials”), or (ii) all materials owned by Service Providers prior to, or independent from, the performance of Services under this Agreement, and all methodologies, software, applications, processes or procedures used, created, or developed by Service Providers in the general conduct of its business, excluding those developed specifically for Client or at Client’s request or funded by Client and in the case of CWI includes without limitation all know-how, experience and underlying technology or assets relating to the development, marketing and distribution of digital currencies, digital assets, security tokens and platforms for the minting, purchasing, sale, and trading of such digital goods and all related services thereto (collectively, “Pre-Existing Materials”). Service Providers shall identify all Pre-Existing Materials in the applicable SOW. Service Providers hereby grants Client a royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to any Service Providers Materials to the extent incorporated in, combined with, or otherwise necessary for the use of the Deliverables for all purposes. Service Providers shall disclose in writing to Client all usage limitations on Third-Party Materials prior to their use in or launch of any Deliverables.

 

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3.2 License to Certain Client Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Client grants Service Providers a limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except to Permitted Subcontractors), non-exclusive license during the Term to use, solely in connection with its performance of the Services: (i) Client’s Intellectual Property Rights required to create the Deliverables; (ii) Client’s website addresses, websites, and URLs required to create the Deliverables.

 

(b) Client grants no other right or license to any of its Intellectual Property Rights to Service Providers by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. Service Providers acknowledges that Client owns all right, title, and interest in, to, and under all its Intellectual Property Rights and that Service Providers shall not acquire any proprietary rights therein. Any use by Service Providers or any affiliate, employee, officer, director, partner, shareholder, agent, attorney, third-party advisor, successor, or permitted assign (collectively, “Representatives”) of Service Providers or Permitted Subcontractors of any of Client’s Intellectual Property Rights and all goodwill associated therewith shall inure to the benefit of Client.

 

4. Expenses; No Fees; Payment Obligations.

 

4.1 Expenses and No Fees. In consideration of the provision of the Services and the rights granted to Client under this Agreement, Client shall reimburse Service Providers for all expenses incurred by Service Providers in connection with the Services in accordance with the SOW (the “Expenses”) so long as the costs are documented and actually incurred by Service Providers in accordance with the SOW. Service Providers shall bill the Expenses at its cost, without markup, and after any discount or rebate and may include a reasonable cost of Service Providers Personnel for their performance of any of the Services in connection with any SOW as well as reimbursement for the cost of any Permitted Subcontractor. The reimbursement of the Expenses shall constitute payment in full for the performance of the Services and Service Providers shall not be entitled to and shall not be paid any fees above and beyond the Expenses.

 

4.2 Payment. Unless otherwise provided in a Statement of Work, Service Providers agree to invoice Client on the 10th day of the month for the prior month’s Expenses together with a detailed breakdown of the Expenses. Except for any amounts disputed by Client in good faith and in accordance with Section 4.4, Client agrees to pay such invoice within thirty (30) days of receipt by Client.

 

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4.3 Taxes. All fees payable by Client under this Agreement are inclusive of all sales, use, and excise taxes, and any other similar taxes, duties, and charges of any kind imposed by any governmental authority on such amounts. Service Providers shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on, or with respect to, Service Providers’ income, revenues, gross receipts, personnel, or real or personal property, or other assets. Client shall be solely responsible for the payment of any sales and use taxes assessed against the sale of Client’s goods and/or services.

 

4.4 Invoice Disputes. Client shall notify Service Providers in writing of any dispute with an invoice (along with substantiating documentation or a reasonably detailed description of the dispute within twenty (20) days from Client’s receipt of such invoice. Client will be deemed to have accepted all invoices for which Service Providers does not receive timely notification of dispute and shall pay all undisputed amounts due under such invoices within the period set forth in Section 4.2. The parties shall seek to resolve all such disputes expeditiously and in good faith.

 

4.5 Late Payments. Except for invoiced payments that Client has disputed, Client shall pay interest on all late payments, calculated daily and compounded at the lesser of the rate of 5% per month or the highest rate permissible under applicable law. Client shall also reimburse Service Providers for all reasonable costs incurred in collecting any late payments, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees.

 

5. Representations, Warranties, and Certain Covenants.

 

5.1 Service Providers Representations, Warranties, and Covenants. Service Providers represents, warrants, and covenants to Client that:

 

(a) It has or shall obtain and shall maintain in full force and effect during the Term, at its own expense, all certifications, credentials, authorizations, licenses, and permits necessary to the exercise of its rights and the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b) It shall comply in all material respects with and ensure that all Service Providers Personnel and Permitted Subcontractors comply with, all specifications, rules, regulations, and policies of Client that are communicated to Service Providers in writing.

 

(c) Client will receive good and valid title to all Deliverables, free and clear of all encumbrances and liens of any kind.

 

(d) To the knowledge of Service Providers, none of the Services, final versions of the Deliverables, or Client’s use thereof infringe or violate or will infringe or violate the publicity and privacy rights or any other Intellectual Property Rights of any third party in the United States or the rest of the World. Service Providers’ sole liability and Client’s sole and exclusive remedy for Service Providers’ breach of this Section 5.2(d) are Service Providers’ obligations and Client’s rights under Section 6.1.

 

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(e) To the knowledge of Service Providers, no Deliverables provided in electronic form by Provider to Client contain or will contain any (i) trojan horse, worm, backdoor, or other software or hardware devices the effect of which is to permit unauthorized access or to disable, erase, or otherwise harm any computer, systems or software, or (ii) any time bomb, drop dead device or other software or hardware device designed to disable a computer program automatically with the passage of time or under the positive control of a person other than an authorized licensee or owner of a copy of the program or the right and title in and to the program.

 

5.2 Client Representations, Warranties, and Covenants. Client represents, warrants, and covenants to Service Providers that, to the knowledge of Client, the Client’s Intellectual Property and Client Materials provided to Service Providers for use as permitted in this Agreement does not infringe or violate or will infringe or violate the publicity and privacy rights or any other Intellectual Property Rights of any third party in the United States or the rest of the world. Client’s sole liability and Service Providers’ sole and exclusive remedy for Client’s breach of this Section 5.2 are Client’s obligations and Service Providers’ rights under Section 6.1.

 

5.3 NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES; NON-RELIANCE. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, (A) NEITHER PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, NOR ANY OTHER PERSON ON SUCH PARTY’S BEHALF, HAS MADE OR MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EITHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, WHETHER ARISING BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE, TRADE, OR OTHERWISE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED, AND (B) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED UPON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE BY THE OTHER PARTY, OR ANY OTHER PERSON ON SUCH PARTY’S BEHALF, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN SECTION 5 OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

6. Indemnification.

 

6.1 Service Providers Indemnification Obligations. Service Providers shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Client, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors, and permitted assigns (collectively, “Client Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of whatever kind, including reasonable attorney fees, the costs of enforcing any right to indemnification under this Agreement, and the cost of pursuing any insurance providers (“Losses”) arising out of or resulting from any third-party claim or direct claim alleging:

 

(a) breach by Service Providers or any Service Providers Personnel of any representation, warranty, covenant, or other obligations set forth in this Agreement;

 

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(b) gross negligence or more culpable act or omission of Service Providers or any Service Providers Personnel (including any recklessness or willful misconduct) in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c) that any of the Services or Deliverables or Client’s receipt or use thereof infringes or violates the publicity or privacy rights or any other Intellectual Property Rights of a third party; provided, that the Deliverables are used in compliance with any restrictions provided by the Service Provider to Client.

 

6.2 Client Indemnification Obligations. Client shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Service Providers, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, successors, and permitted assigns (collectively, “Service Providers Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from any third-party claim or direct claim alleging:

 

(a) breach by Client of any representation, warranty, covenant, or other obligations set forth in this Agreement;

 

(b) gross negligence or more culpable act or omission of Client (including any recklessness or willful misconduct) in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(c) that any Client Materials or Client’s Intellectual Property Rights that Service Providers uses to perform the Services or incorporate into the Deliverables in accordance with the terms of this Agreement infringes or violates the publicity or privacy rights or any other Intellectual Property Rights of a third party.

 

6.3 Indemnification Procedures. A party seeking indemnification under this Section 6 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give the party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”): (a) prompt Notice (as defined in Section 11.3) of the relevant claim; provided, however, that failure to provide such Notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from its liability or obligation hereunder except to the extent of any material prejudice directly resulting from such failure; and (b) reasonable cooperation, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, in the defense of such claim. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to control the defense and settlement of any such claim; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written approval of the Indemnified Party, settle or dispose of any claims in a manner that affects the Indemnified Party’s rights or interest. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense at its own expense.

 

6.4 EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. THIS SECTION 6 SETS FORTH THE ENTIRE LIABILITY AND OBLIGATION OF EACH INDEMNIFYING PARTY AND THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF EACH INDEMNIFIED PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES COVERED BY THIS SECTION 6.

 

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7. Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTIES’ LIABILITY FOR INDEMNIFICATION, OR LIABILITY FOR BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR LIABILITY FOR INFRINGEMENT OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, AND LOSS OF INFORMATION), WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE WAS FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

 

8. Insurance. During the Term, for each SOW, Service Providers shall, as a reimbursable Expense pursuant to Section 4.1, maintain and carry in full force and effect, subject to appropriate levels of self-insurance, the amount of insurance required to cover the Services in SOW or, at least, the industry standard coverage limits for the Services in the SOW.

 

9. Confidentiality. From time to time during the Term, either party (as the “Disclosing Party”) may disclose or make available to the other party (as the “Receiving Party”) information about its business affairs and services, confidential information, and materials comprising or relating to Intellectual Property, trade secrets, third-party confidential information, and other sensitive or proprietary information, as well as the terms of this Agreement[, whether orally or in written, electronic or other form or media, and, whether or not marked, designated or otherwise identified as “confidential” (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Confidential Information does not include information that, at the time of disclosure: (a) is or becomes generally available to and known by the public other than as a result of, directly or indirectly, any breach of this Section 9 by the Receiving Party or any of its Representatives; (b) is or becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a third-party source, provided that such third party is not and was not prohibited from disclosing such Confidential Information; (c) was known by or in the possession of the Receiving Party or its Representatives prior to being disclosed by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party; (d) was or is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to or use of, in whole or in part, any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or (e) is required to be disclosed pursuant to applicable law. The Receiving Party shall, for ten (10) years from receipt of such Confidential Information: (x) protect and safeguard the confidentiality of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care as the Receiving Party would protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event with less than a commercially reasonable degree of care; (y) not use the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, or permit it to be accessed or used, for any purpose other than to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (z) not disclose any such Confidential Information to any person, except to the Receiving Party’s Representatives who need to know the Confidential Information to assist the Receiving Party, or act on its behalf, to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 9 caused by any of its Representatives. On the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement or at the Disclosing Party’s written request, the Receiving Party and its Representatives shall, pursuant to Section 10.4, promptly return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies thereof that it has received under this Agreement.

 

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10. Term; Termination.

 

10.1 Term. The term of this Agreement commences on the Effective Date and continues for a period of one (1) year and shall automatically renew for successive one (1) year terms unless it is earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or if Client ceases operations (the “Term”).

 

10.2 Termination for Cause.

 

(a) Either party may terminate this Agreement, effective upon written Notice, to the other party (the “Defaulting Party”) if the Defaulting Party: (i) materially breaches this Agreement, and such breach is incapable of cure, or with respect to a material breach capable of cure (other than a failure by Client to make timely payments, which is separately addressed in Section 10.2(b)), the Defaulting Party does not cure such breach within ten (10) days after receipt of written Notice of such breach; (ii) becomes insolvent or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due; (iii) files or has filed against it, a petition for voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or otherwise becomes subject, voluntarily or involuntarily, to any proceeding under any domestic or foreign bankruptcy or insolvency law; (iv) makes or seeks to make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (v) applies for or has appointed a receiver, trustee, custodian, or similar agent appointed by order of any court of competent jurisdiction to take charge of or sell any material portion of its property or business; or (vi) is dissolved or liquidated.

 

(b) Service Providers may terminate this Agreement, effective upon written Notice to Client if: (i) a failure by Client to make a timely payment continues for ten (10) days after Client’s receipt of written Notice of nonpayment for undisputed amounts; or (ii) Client fails to make three (3) or more timely payments in any annual period.

 

10.3 Termination without Cause. Client may terminate any Statement of Work in its discretion on thirty (30) days’ prior written Notice to Service Providers subject to Client’s payment to Service Providers of every outstanding SOW unless the Client has agreed for a longer termination clause in the respective SOW.

 

10.4 Effect of Expiration or Termination.

 

(a) Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason (including pursuant to Section 11.13), each party shall promptly: (i) return to the other party and/or destroy all documents and tangible materials (and any copies) containing, reflecting, incorporating, or based on the other party’s Confidential Information; (ii) permanently erase all of the other party’s Confidential Information from its computer systems, except for copies that are maintained as archive copies on its disaster recovery or information technology backup systems, which it shall destroy upon the normal expiration of its backup files; and (iii) certify in writing to the other party that it has complied with the requirements of this clause; provided, however, that Client may retain copies of any Confidential Information of Service Providers incorporated in the Deliverables or to the extent necessary to allow it to make full use of the Services and any Deliverables.

 

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(b) Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason (including pursuant to Section 11.13), Service Providers shall: (i) promptly deliver to Client all Deliverables (whether complete or incomplete) for which Client has paid and all Client Materials; (ii) provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to Client, upon Client’s written request and at Client’s expense in transitioning the Services to an alternate Service Providers; and (iii) on a pro-rata basis, repay any fees and expenses paid in advance for any Services or Deliverables that have not been provided.

 

(c) In no event shall Client be liable for any Service Providers Personnel termination costs arising from the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

11. Miscellaneous.

 

11.1 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the related schedules attached hereto, constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter.

 

11.2 Survival. Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, Sections 5. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of this Agreement, as well as any other provision that, in order to give proper effect to its intent, should survive such expiration or termination, shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. With respect to Confidential Information that constitutes a trade secret under applicable law, the rights and obligations set forth in Section 9 hereof will survive such termination or expiration of this Agreement until, if ever, such Confidential Information loses its trade secret protection other than due to an act or omission of Service Providers, its Permitted Subcontractors, or its Representatives.

 

11.3 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers, and other similar communications hereunder (each, a “Notice”) shall be in writing and addressed to the parties at the addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement (or the email addresses set forth in the signage page, or to such other address that may be designated by the receiving party from time to time in accordance with this section). All Notices shall be delivered by personal delivery, nationally recognized overnight courier (with all fees pre-paid), facsimile or email (with confirmation of transmission), or certified or registered mail (in each case, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, a Notice is effective only (a) upon receipt by the receiving party, and (b) if the party giving the Notice has complied with the requirements of this Section 11.3.

 

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11.4 Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon a determination that any term or provision is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to/the court may modify this Agreement to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

11.5 Amendment and Modification. No amendment to or modification of or rescission, termination, or discharge of this Agreement is effective unless it is in writing, identified as an amendment to or rescission, termination, or discharge of this Agreement and signed by an authorized Representative of each party.

 

11.6 Waiver. No waiver by either party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set out in writing and signed by the party so waiving. No waiver by any party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach, or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, remedy, power, or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege.

 

11.7 Cumulative Remedies. Except as set forth in Sections 6 and 7, all rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive, and the exercise by either party of any right or remedy does not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies that may now or subsequently be available at law, in equity, by statute, in any other agreement between the parties or otherwise.

 

11.8 Equitable Remedies. Each party acknowledges and agrees that (a) a breach or threatened breach by it of any of its obligations under Section 9 would give rise to irreparable harm to the other party, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and (b) in the event of a breach or a threatened breach by such party of any such obligations, the other party shall, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that may be available to such party at law, at equity or otherwise in respect of such breach, be entitled to equitable relief, including a temporary restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from a court of competent jurisdiction, without any requirement to post a bond or other security, and without any requirement to prove actual damages or that monetary damages will not afford an adequate remedy. Each party agrees that it will not oppose or otherwise challenge the appropriateness of equitable relief or the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of an order granting equitable relief, in either case, consistent with the terms of this Section 11.8.

 

11.9 Assignment. Neither party may assign, transfer, or delegate any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that Client may assign this Agreement to an affiliate, a successor-in-interest by consolidation, merger, or operation of law or to a purchaser of all or substantially all of the party’s assets. No assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder. Any attempted assignment, transfer, or other conveyance in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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11.10 No Third-Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a) Subject to Section 11.10(b), this Agreement benefits solely the parties to this Agreement and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, confers on any other person any legal or equitable right, benefit, or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b) The parties hereby designate the Client Indemnified Parties and Service Providers Indemnified Parties as third-party beneficiaries of Section 6 of this Agreement having the right to enforce Section 6.

 

11.11 Choice of Law. This Agreement and all related documents, including all exhibits attached hereto, and all matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement, whether sounding in contract, tort, or statute are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, United States of America (including its statutes of limitations), without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of California.

 

11.12 Choice of Forum. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation, or proceeding of any kind whatsoever against any other party in any way arising from or relating to this Agreement and all contemplated transactions, including, but not limited to, contract, equity, tort, fraud, and statutory claims, in any forum other than the state and/or federal courts located in the county of Los Angeles, state of California, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees to bring any such action, litigation, or proceeding only in such courts. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation, or proceeding is conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

11.13 Force Majeure. No party shall be liable or responsible to the other party, nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached this Agreement, for any failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any term of this Agreement or any SOWs, when and to the extent such party’s (the “Impacted Party”) failure or delay is caused by or results from the following force majeure events (“Force Majeure Event(s)”): (a) acts of God; (b) flood, fire, earthquake, worldwide pandemic or localized pandemic impacting the parties’ ability to fulfill its obligations hereunder, or explosion; (c) war, invasion, hostilities (whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot or other civil unrest; (d) government order, law, or action; (e) embargoes or blockades in effect on or after the date of this Agreement; (f) national or regional emergency; (g) strikes, labor stoppages or slowdowns or other industrial disturbances; (h) shortage of adequate power or transportation facilities; and (i) other similar events beyond the reasonable control of the Impacted Party. The Impacted Party shall give Notice within ten (10) days of the Force Majeure Event to the other party, stating the period of time the occurrence is expected to continue. The Impacted Party shall use diligent efforts to end the failure or delay and ensure the effects of such Force Majeure Event are minimized. The Impacted Party shall resume the performance of its obligations as soon as reasonably practicable after the removal of the cause. In the event that the Impacted Party’s failure or delay remains uncured for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days following written Notice given by it under this Section 11.13, either party may thereafter terminate this Agreement or the affected SOWs upon five (5) days’ written Notice.

 

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11.14 Relationship of Parties. Nothing in this Agreement creates any agency, joint venture, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise, employment, or fiduciary relationship between the parties. Service Providers is an independent contractor pursuant to this Agreement. Neither party has any express or implied right or authority to assume or create any obligations on behalf of or in the name of the other party or to bind the other party to any contract, agreement, or undertaking with any third party.

 

11.15 Counterparts/Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in counterparts or via a reputable electronic signature system, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures, signature pages sent by email, or signature pages completed through a reputable electronic signature system shall be binding as though they are originals.

 

[SIGNATURE ON NEXT PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

CLIENT

 

/s/ Don Monaco  
Don Monaco, Manager  
Email: donm@enderbyentertainment.com  

 

/s/ Swapan Kakumanu  
Swapan Kakumanu, Manager  
Email: swapan.kakumanu@currencyworks.io  

 

SERVICE PROVIDERS

 

ENDERBY ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

/s/ Rick Dugdale  
Rick Dugdale, CEO  
Email: rickd@enderbyentertainment.com  

 

CURRENCYWORKS USA, INC.

 

/s/ Cameron Chell  
Cameron Chell, Chairman  
Email: cameron@businessinstincts.com  

 

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EXHIBIT A

Statement of Work

 

[DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES]

 

[IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC SERVICES, INCLUDING DEADLINES FOR COMPLETION]

 

[EXPENSES]

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

CurrencyWorks Technology Operating and License Agreement

 

This CURRENCYWORKS TECHNOLOGY OPERATING AND LICENSE AGREEMENT is entered into between ‎CURRENCYWORKS USA, INC. (“CW”), a Nevada corporation, and EnderbyWorks, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Company”), with effect as of July 6, 2021 (the “Effective Date”).

 

1. NFT Platform Services and Company Responsibilities:‎
     
  (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, CW will ‎provide the NFT Platform Services more particularly set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the ‎‎”NFT Platform Services”) to Company so that Company may operate a marketplace via the NFT Platform Services and one or more websites, software applications, or other means to sell access to non-fungible digital tokens that will be stored on a blockchain compatible with the NFT Platform Services that represent a unique audio-visual work, set of works, ‎or other rights, goods, or services‎ (collectively, “NFTs”) relating to movies and movie related offerings (collectively, the “NFT Marketplace”).‎
     
  (b) CW will support, maintain, enhance and upgrade the NFT Platform Services from time to time in accordance with general industry practices and its product roadmap. CW will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the ‎NFT Platform Services are available to Company throughout the Term (as defined below). As between ‎the parties, CW will be responsible for (i) operating, hosting, and making available ‎the NFT Platform Services, either itself or through its affiliates or sub-contractors.; (ii) reasonably assisting Company to resolve problems or issues with the ‎NFT Platform Services; and (iii) ensuring that the NFT Platform Services do not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of any third party (for greater certainty, excluding any NFTs which are the responsibility of the Company).
     
  (c) To facilitate Company’s use of the NFT Platform Services, CW ‎shall provide Company access to CW’s client web-interface available via the NFT Platform Services (the “Client Portal”) using login and password credentials assigned to Company by ‎CW (“Login Credentials’’). Company may utilize the Client Portal to establish, ‎manage and modify the NFT Marketplace and to obtain information regarding its offering of NFTs in connection with the NFT Marketplace. Company shall protect the security and confidentiality of its Login ‎Credentials; provided that Company acknowledges and agrees that all actions performed ‎through the Client Portal concerning the NFT Platform Services with use of the Company’s Login ‎Credentials are considered performed by Company, are Company’s sole responsibility and ‎CW shall not bear responsibility for unauthorized use of Company’s Login ‎Credentials by third parties.
     
  (d) Company will either itself or through its affiliates or sub-contractors be responsible for (i) making available (and clearing for all intellectual property and insurance purposes) all copyrighted works, marks, logos, images, sounds, videos, multimedia elements, text, graphics and other materials and content (the “Creative Content”) as reasonably necessary for CW to make the Deliverables and for Company to utilize the NFT Platform Services to offer the NFT Marketplace; ‎‎(ii) offering the NFT Marketplace to end users, including the operation of any primary or secondary markets; and ‎‎(iii) all end user management in the operation of the NFT Marketplace. For greater certainty, as between CW and its affiliates or sub-contractors (other than Company), on the one hand, and Company and its affiliates (other than CW), on the other hand, Company accepts all responsibility for the Creative Content, use and operation of the NFT Marketplace, and the offering of NFTs or any marketplaces in connection therewith to end users anywhere in the world.

 

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2. Company Responsibilities:
     
  (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Company will fully cooperate with CW as necessary for CW to perform its obligations under this Agreement.‎
     
  (b) Company shall not, directly or indirectly, manipulate, alter, copy, modify or ‎interfere with the operation of the NFT Platform Services. Company shall utilize the NFT Platform Services ‎solely to implement the NFT Marketplace and not to operate any other marketplace or otherwise provide or ‎resell services to any third party. In addition, Company shall promptly notify CW if ‎Company suspects that any third party may be tampering with, abusing or manipulating the ‎NFT Platform Services.
     
  (c) Company shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the operation of the NFT Marketplace and the ‎Company Data (as defined in Section 5(b) below). CW shall have no ‎responsibility to review, approve or monitor the NFT Marketplace other than in respect of the technical operation of the NFT Platform Service. ‎Company may utilize the NFT Platform Services to establish the NFT Marketplace, but Company is ‎solely responsible for ensuring that the NFT Marketplace and each NFT is compliant with all applicable laws and ‎regulations, and that they do not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of any third ‎party in connection with its conduct of the NFT Marketplace using the NFT Platform Services. Company shall ‎be solely responsible for procuring any Creative Content necessary for the NFT Marketplace for utilizing the ‎NFT Platform Services to provide any NFTs to end users.‎ To the extent that Company offers any NFTs via any primary or secondary market, it will do so in accordance with all applicable laws, including those relating to taxes, sweepstakes, lotteries and games of chance, consumer protection, and advertising.

 

3. Data and Information Generally:‎
     
  (a) CW shall provide Company with access to online reports of NFT Platform Services, which ‎reports shall include details regarding the level of online interaction between end users and the NFT Platform Services, the operation of the NFT Platform Services, and such other details as may be specified from time to time (“Reports”).‎
     
  (b) All Personally ‎Identifiable Information and End User Information shall be the property of Company, stored on the servers and networks operated by CW and its affiliates as part of the NFT Platform Services.
     
  (c) Each Party will, and will ensure that its affiliates or sub-contractors also will, deploy commercially reasonable safeguards to protect all End User Information (regardless of how it is stored) against loss, theft, or any unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. To the extent that any Party accesses, or permits anyone else to access, End User Information, it will deploy commercially reasonable safeguards to protect all End User Information (regardless of how it is stored) against loss, theft, or any unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
     
  (d) Prior to the launch of the NFT Marketplace, Company will provide CW with a copy of its end user privacy policy and terms and conditions applicable to the collection, use, storage and transmittal of End User Information as part of the NFT Marketplace, as well as the legal terms for the operation of the NFT Marketplace, so that CW can confirm its compliance therewith in accordance with its posted end user terms. Company will be responsible for maintaining end user terms and conditions, including privacy terms and consents, in compliance with applicable laws, as well as in compliance with CW’s own similar end user terms as it relates to the NFT Platform Services.

 

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  (e) Company grants to CW a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to use End User ‎Information (i) solely in aggregate and anonymized form (such that it cannot be attributed to Company or to any particular end ser), to improve its products and services, including the NFT Platform Services, and as part of ‎routine analysis and platform improvement, and (ii) to the extent that the NFT Platform Services allow end users to access the NFT Platform Services for marketplaces other than the NFT Marketplace contemplated hereunder, for such uses as opted into by the end user. Except as expressly disclosed in writing is applicable privacy policies and end user terms, as well as applicable laws, and further except as strictly necessary with its affiliates in order to properly perform under this Agreement, CW shall never sell, trade, or share End User ‎Information, personally identifiable information, or any Company Data used in connection with its ‎products and services.
     
  (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Company agrees that it shall use the ‎End User Information only: (i) in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and ‎regulations; (ii) in accordance with all applicable end user terms and privacy policies under which the End User ‎Information was obtained; and (iii) for the purpose of managing the NFT Marketplace using the NFT Platform Services. Unless otherwise agreed in a business associate agreement, Company acknowledges ‎that CW is not a Business Associate or subcontractor (as those terms are defined in ‎the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and related amendments and ‎regulations as updated or replaced “HIPAA”) and that the NFT Platform Services are not HIPAA ‎compliant. Company must not submit, collect or use any “protected health information” as ‎defined in 45 CFR §160.103, with or to the NFT Platform Services, unless and until a business associate ‎agreement is executed and Company is in compliance with the obligations therein.

 

4. NFT Development and Other Professional Services: From time to time during the Term, Company may request that ‎CW perform certain professional services, in addition to the NFT Platform Services, for the ‎Company in connection with the NFT Marketplace, including the development, creation and minting of one or more NFTs or bundles of NFTs based on Creative Content supplied by Company (collectively, “Professional Services”). In connection with that:

 

  (a) Any Professional Services will be mutually ‎agreed by the parties in writing and set forth in a ‎statement of work or purchase order describing in detail the scope of the Professional Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company and CW agree that the fees for all such Professional Services shall be performed on a” cost plus” basis calculated as follows: (i) CW’s actual costs and expenses in rendering such Professional Services, to be reimbursed therefor in accordance with Company’s normal policies and practices, plus (ii) 15% of the amounts set out in the foregoing subsection (i) to compensate the administrative costs to perform those Professional Services.
     
  (b) CW shall provide such Professional Services to Company in accordance with any such statement of work and this Agreement.
     
  (c) ‎CW shall not be liable for any deficiency or delay in performing Professional Services ‎if such deficiency or delay results from Company’s failure to provide reasonable access to ‎personnel and resources (including any Creative Content) as set forth in, or as reasonably required by, the statement of work.‎
     
  (d) For greater certainty, Professional Services do not include any services to be provided by CW as a member of Company pursuant to the Member Services Agreement; the intent of the parties is that Professional Services relate solely to services involving the NFT Platform Services such as the creation of NFTs or similar technological matters.

 

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5. Intellectual Property.
     
  (a) The NFT Platform Services and all technology, software, designs or other work made or offered by CW and its affiliates to Company hereunder, including all upgrades, enhancements, patches, corrections and improvements thereto (collectively, the “CW Technology”) is and will at all times remain fully vested in CW and its licensors. During the Term, CW hereby grants Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use CW Technology as necessary to facilitate, manage and operate the delivery of the NFT Marketplace in accordance with the terms set forth herein. Company shall not, nor shall it permit others to: (i) use the CW Technology for purposes other than those set forth herein; (ii) download, copy, recreate, disassemble, modify, translate, reverse engineer or decompile the CW Technology or any portion therein; (iii) tamper or interfere with the CW Technology or any portion therein, or (iv) assign, sell, sub-license, lease, or otherwise transfer Company’s right to use the CW Technology or any portion therein.
     
  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all data and content originating with Company (or its affiliates other than CW) and owned or controlled by Company (or its affiliates other than CW) that ‎Company (itself or through its affiliates other than CW) provides to CW to enable or facilitate NFT Platform Services (“Company Data”) ‎is and will remain the property of Company, for greater certainty including all End User Information and all Creative Content. Company represents and warrants that neither the ‎content nor form of the Company Data, nor the use by CW of the Company Data in ‎accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall violate any rights of third parties or any ‎applicable laws, rules and regulations. Company hereby grants CW and its affiliates a ‎non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, distribute, format, display and/or ‎modify such Company Data solely in connection with CW’s performance of the NFT Platform ‎Services. For greater certainty, except as set out in Section 3(e) above, CW may not share this data with any other party other than its affiliates for whom it remains fully responsible or use this ‎data as part of the NFT Platform Services provided to any other person without the express written ‎permission of Company.‎
     
  (c) To the extent that, as part of the services described in Section 4 above, CW develops NFTs or bundles of NFTs to be sold on the NFT Marketplace based on Creative Content, or any other deliverables based on Company Data (collectively, “Deliverables”), CW acknowledges and agrees that all such Deliverables are “works made for hire” and will be fully owned by Company. To the extent the foregoing is ineffective to fully vest in Company all right, title or interest therein, Company hereby assigns and agrees to assign all right, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights) in and to such Deliverables to Company, and hereby waives and agrees to waive all moral rights therein. This subsection (c) shall not apply the NFT Platform Services or any upgrades, enhancements, patches, corrections or improvements thereto or to any other CW Technology, which shall be fully owned and licensed as set out in subsection (a) above.

 

6. Fees and Payments:‎
     
  (a) Fees for all Services hereunder (“Fees”) will be as set out in this Agreement: (i) the fees for NFT Platform Services shall be as set forth in Exhibit A; (ii) the fees for Professional Services shall be as set out in subsection 4(a) above.
     
  (b) If Company fails to pay the Fees when due, CW shall be ‎entitled to suspend performance of the NFT Platform Services until such Fees have been paid. In ‎addition, CW may charge, and Company will pay, a late fee on all past due amounts at the rate of 2.5% per ‎month or, if lower, the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.‎
     
  (c) Company will pay CW within 30 days of receiving a valid invoice in accordance herewith. CW’s invoice will include a report on the services performed together with an accounting of the costs and expenses of CW spent providing the Services, if applicable. The parties may agree from time to time on the frequency of submission of invoices, the method of payment, and the time for payment.

 

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  (d) Fees are exclusive of Applicable Taxes (defined below). From time to time, CW will advise Company of CW’s sales or service tax number and will be responsible for collecting from Company and remitting all applicable excise, sales, goods and services, and use taxes imposed by any federal, state, provincial, municipal or other governmental authority (each an “Applicable Tax”) on the Services. Company will pay all such Applicable Taxes to CW. If CW is or becomes exempt from collecting any Applicable Tax from Company, or if Company believes itself to be exempt from any requirement to pay any Applicable Tax to Company, the parties will notify each other as appropriate and provide reasonable evidence of such exemption.

 

7. Warranty and Disclaimer:‎
     
  (a) Each party represents and warrants to the other party that: (i) such party has the ‎power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) to the ‎best of such party’s knowledge, it currently has no restrictions that would impair its ability to ‎perform its obligations under this Agreement; (iii) such party will comply with all federal, provincial, ‎state and local laws and regulations applicable to the performance of its obligations hereunder ‎and will obtain all applicable permits, permissions, and licenses required of it in connection with ‎its obligations hereunder; and (iv) such party will perform all obligations hereunder in good faith to reasonable industry standards.
     
  (b) CW further represents and warrants to Company that (i) ‎CW will ensure to obtain all rights necessary to create, host, operate and/or provide the NFT Platform ‎Services; and (ii) the NFT Platform Services themselves (as opposed to any of Company’s use, such as for Creative Content, for which Company assumes all responsibility under Sections 2(c) and 8(b)) will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure all applicable laws or regulations are followed.‎
     
  (c) EXCEPT FOR THE FOREGOING, CW MAKES NO ‎WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND CONDITIONS, ‎EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ‎NONINFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CW ‎MAKES NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTY OF ANY KIND ABOUT ANY COMPLIANCE OF THE NFT MARKETPLACE ‎WITH LAW OR REGULATION, NOR OF THE RESULTS OF ANY NFT MARKETPLACE.‎ COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT: (i) THE NFT PLATFORM SERVICES HAVE NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO MEET COMPANY’S INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS; AND (ii) THE SERVICE WILL NOT BE ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, FREE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS (INCLUDING THIRD PARTY HACKERS OR DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS), OR THAT ALL MESSAGES WILL BE DELIVERED.
     
  (d) COMPANY AGREES THAT, WITH RESPECT TO THE NFT PLATFORM SERVICE, CW WILL NOT BE LIABLE WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR STRICT LIABILITY TO COMPANY OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR: (I) ANY MESSAGES OR DATA DELETED OR NOT DELIVERED, REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR DELETION OR NONDELIVERY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TRANSMISSION ERRORS, OR DELIVERY NETWORKS, NETWORK OPERATOR AND/OR SERVICE FAILURES; (II) THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE; (III) PROBLEMS RELATED TO COMPANY OR USER ERROR OR PROBLEMS RELATED TO ANY THIRD PARTY; (IV) ANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY NETWORK OPERATORS, INCLUDING FILTERING OF CONTENT OR SERVICE SUSPENSIONS; (V) ANY FRAUDLENT ACTIVITY CAUSED BY A THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE; AND (VI) CAUSES BEYOND THE REASONABLE CONTROL OF CW.

 

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8. Indemnification:
     
  (a) By CW. CW shall defend Company, its affiliates (other than CW), and their respective officers, ‎directors and employees (collectively, “Company Indemnitees”), from and against any and all ‎claims by any third party arising from (i) infringement or misappropriation of third party U.S. or Canadian ‎intellectual property rights arising from the provision of the NFT Platform Services (excluding any claims to the extent ‎arising from combination of the NFT Platform Services with any other materials, software or services, including Creative Content) ‎and/or (ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of CW, and CW ‎will indemnify and hold harmless the Company Indemnitees from and against any resulting ‎damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) awarded to a third party by ‎an adjudicatory body of competent jurisdiction (collectively, “Liabilities”); provided that CW ‎shall have no obligation to indemnify any Company Indemnitee with respect to any Liabilities to ‎the extent such Liabilities arise out of or relate to (A) Company’s breach of any warranty, ‎representation or covenant hereunder; or (B) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any ‎Company Indemnitee.‎
     
  (b) By Company. Company shall defend CW and its affiliates (other than CW), and their respective officers, directors ‎and employees (collectively, “CW Indemnitees”), from and against any and all claims ‎by any third party arising from (i) infringement or misappropriation of third party U.S. or Canadian ‎intellectual property rights arising from the provision of the Company Data (excluding any claims to the extent ‎arising from combination of the Company Data with any other content or information not supplied by Company Indemnitees) ‎and/or (ii) Company’s use of the NFT Platform Services, including without ‎limitation the conduct of the NFT Marketplace, the offering of any NFTs, and Creative Content featured in any NFTs, and/or (iii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct ‎of Company, and Company will indemnify and hold harmless the CW Indemnitees ‎from and against any resulting Liabilities; ‎provided that Company shall have no obligation to indemnify any CW Indemnitee ‎with respect to any Liabilities to the extent such Liabilities arise out of or relate to (A) ‎CW’s breach of any warranty, representation or covenant hereunder; or (B) the gross ‎negligence or willful misconduct of any CW Indemnitee.‎
     
  (c) Indemnification Procedure: The party seeking indemnification hereunder (the ‎‎”Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the other party (“Indemnifying Party”) of any loss, ‎claim, damage, liability or action in respect of which the Indemnified Party intends to claim ‎indemnification hereunder (“Claim”), within thirty (30) days after the Indemnified Party has ‎notice of such (including a copy of any claim or lawsuit); provided, however, that failure to ‎provide such notice within such timeframe shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its ‎indemnification obligations unless the Indemnifying Party was materially prejudiced by such ‎late notice. Any Party liable to provide indemnification hereunder shall be entitled, at its option, ‎to exercise sole and exclusive control of the defense and settlement of any claim for which it is ‎obligated to provide indemnification under this Section 8. The Indemnified Party shall ‎reasonably cooperate in the investigation, defense and settlement of any claim for which ‎indemnification is sought hereunder and shall provide prompt notice of any such claim or ‎reasonably expected claim to the Indemnifying Party. An Indemnified Party shall have the right ‎to retain its own separate legal counsel at its own expense.‎

 

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9. Confidentiality:
     
  (a) Each party agrees that all business, technical and financial information it obtains ‎from the other party that is marked “Confidential” or “Proprietary” (“Proprietary Information”) ‎is the confidential property of the disclosing party. Except as expressly allowed herein or as ‎required by law, regulation or court order, the receiving party will hold in confidence and not ‎use or disclose any Proprietary Information of the disclosing party during the Term and for two ‎‎(2) years thereafter. Each party will be deemed to have met its obligations hereunder if it treats ‎the other party’s Proprietary Information with the same degree of confidentiality it affords its ‎own sensitive business information, but no less than a reasonable standard of care.‎
     
  (b) The receiving party shall not be obligated under this Section 9 with respect to ‎information the receiving party can document: (i) is or has become readily publicly available ‎without restriction through no fault of the receiving party or its employees or agents; (ii) is ‎received without restriction from a third party lawfully in possession of such information; (iii) ‎was rightfully in the possession of the receiving party without restriction prior to its disclosure ‎by the other party; or (iv) was independently developed by employees or consultants of the ‎receiving party without access to such Proprietary Information.‎
     
  (c) To the extent the receiving party is required to disclose Proprietary Information of ‎the disclosing party by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency having ‎supervisory authority over the business of the disclosing party, or by any administrative body or ‎legislative body (including a committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order the receiving party to ‎divulge, disclose or make accessible such information; the receiving party shall have the right to ‎disclose such Proprietary Information; provided that, the receiving party shall (i) promptly notify ‎the disclosing party of such order (to the extent permitted under applicable law or regulation), ‎‎(ii) at the written request of the disclosing party, cooperate with the disclosing party to contest ‎such order at the sole expense of the disclosing party, (iii) at the written request of the disclosing ‎party, seek to obtain at the sole expense of the disclosing party such confidential treatment as ‎may be available under applicable laws for any information disclosed under such order; and (iv) ‎disclose only such Proprietary Information as is reasonably required to be disclosed.‎
     
  (d) Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, or at the request of the ‎disclosing party, the receiving party shall (at its option) return the disclosing party’s Proprietary ‎Information to the disclosing party, or destroy it (by reasonably secure means to the extent electronic) and, upon the disclosing party’s request, certify ‎that it has taken such action.‎ Thereafter, the receiving party will not directly or indirectly perform or permit any restoration or recovery of any electronic data, whether through archives, undeletion, forensics or otherwise.

 

10. Limit and Exclusion of Liability: EXCEPT WITH REGARD TO ITS ‎INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 8(a) ABOVE OR WITH RESPECT ‎TO DAMAGES ARISING FROM BREACH OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY ‎OBLIGATIONS OF SECTION 9, IN NO EVENT SHALL CW BE LIABLE TO ‎COMPANY UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER ‎LEGAL THEORY FOR (I) ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL ‎DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ‎AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, (II) ‎ANY AMOUNT IN AGGREGATE OF THE REVENUE RECEIVED BY CW ‎PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ‎DATE ON WHICH THE CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE, (III) ANY COST OF ‎PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR (IV) ANY LOST PROFITS, COSTS OF DELAY, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR COSTS OF LOST OR DAMAGED DATA OR MESSAGES.

 

11. Term and Termination:‎
     
  (a) This Agreement shall continue for the term set out in Exhibit A. Upon expiration of the then-current term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall ‎automatically renew for a subsequent month-by-month term unless either party provides ‎written notice of non-renewal at least fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration of the then-current ‎term.‎

 

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  (b) In the event of a substantial, material breach of this Agreement by a party, the ‎non- breaching party may request to terminate this Agreement by delivery of written notice of ‎termination to the breaching party, specifying the details of the breach known to such party; ‎such request much be made thirty (30) days after the date of such breach unless the breaching ‎party cures such breach within that thirty (30) day period and is agreed upon by both parties.‎

 

12. Notice: All notices and requests in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed ‎given when personally delivered, upon delivery via a nationally recognized overnight courier ‎‎(e.g., FedEx), or certified or registered, return receipt requested, and addressed to the address ‎set forth above or on an applicable order form or statement of work, or to such other address as ‎such party last provided to the other by written notice.‎

 

13. Miscellaneous:‎
     
  (a) Each party shall be and act as an independent contractor and not as partner, joint ‎venturer, or agent of the other. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a relationship ‎of joint venture, principal and agent, partnership or similar relationship between the parties and ‎neither party shall hold itself out to the contrary. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to ‎allow either party to create or assume any obligations on behalf of the other party for any ‎purpose whatsoever.‎
     
  (b) This Agreement and the rights, obligations and licenses herein, shall be binding ‎upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, successors, ‎assigns, and personal representatives. Neither party shall assign this Agreement in whole or part ‎without the prior written consent of the other party except that either party may assign this ‎Agreement without consent in connection with a merger, reorganization or sale of a substantial ‎all of a party’s assets.‎
     
  (c) This Agreement, including all exhibits and appendices hereto, contains the entire ‎understanding of the parties regarding its subject matter and supersedes any and all other ‎agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matters ‎covered herein. No changes or modifications or waivers are to be made to this Agreement unless ‎evidenced in writing and signed for and on behalf of both parties.‎
     
  (d) If any portion of this Agreement is held to be illegal or unenforceable by a court ‎of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be restated, eliminated or limited to the minimum ‎extent necessary so that this Agreement shall reflect as nearly as possible the original intention of ‎the parties and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.‎
     
  (e) This Agreement and all related documents, including all exhibits attached hereto, and all ‎matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement, whether sounding in contract, tort, or ‎statute are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, ‎United States of America (including its statutes of limitations), without giving effect to the ‎conflict of laws provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or ‎permit the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of California.‎
     
  (f) Each party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence ‎any action, litigation, or proceeding of any kind whatsoever against any other party in any way ‎arising from or relating to this Agreement and all contemplated transactions, including, but not ‎limited to, contract, equity, tort, fraud, and statutory claims, in any forum other than the state ‎and/or federal courts located in the county of Los Angeles, state of California, and any ‎appellate court from any thereof. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the ‎exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees to bring any such action, litigation, or ‎proceeding only in such courts. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any such action, ‎litigation, or proceeding is conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the ‎judgment or in any other manner provided by law.‎

 

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  (g) This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts (including by electronic counterparts) which, taken together, ‎shall constitute one agreement.
     
  (h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall ‎not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.‎
     
  (i) Ambiguities, inconsistencies or conflicts in this Agreement will not be strictly ‎construed against either party but will be resolved by applying the most reasonable interpretation ‎under the circumstances, giving full consideration to the parties’ intentions at the time this ‎Agreement is entered into and common practice in the industry.

 

‎IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement:

 

CURRENCYWORKS USA, INC. ENDERBYWORKS, LLC

 

/s/ Cameron Chell   /s/ Don Monaco
Signature     Signature

 

Name: Cameron Chell   Name: Don Monaco
Title: Chairman   Title: Manager

 

Address for Notice:   Address for Notice:
561 Indiana Court   561 Indiana Court
Los Angeles, CA 90291   Los Angeles, CA 90291

 

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‎EXHIBIT A: NFT Platform Services and Related Services

 

A. NFT Platform Services: To be provided within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date.

 

B. Fees:‎ NFT Platform Services: Initially, USD$15,000/month plus Applicable Taxes, if any. Within the first thirty (30) days of every calendar quarter, CW shall review its actual costs and expenses to provide NFT Platform Services for the previous quarter, charge or credit the Company for any variance for the previous quarter, and set the monthly rate for the current quarter.

 

Professional Services: See Section 4(a) of Agreement.

 

C. Term: The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall continue for ten (10) ‎years (the “Initial Term”), and the term may be extended pursuant to a written extension agreement between the parties (each an “Extension Term”), unless Company provides written notice of termination prior to ‎the expiration of the Initial Term, or any Extension Term. The “Term” shall be the Initial Term, and if extended pursuant to the foregoing, any Extension Term.

 

D. Professional Services: Develop one or more NFTs based on the “Zero Contact” motion picture as agreed by the parties from time to time for sale on the NFT Marketplace.

 

E. Other Terms: None.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$3,000,000   As of July 6, 2021 (the “Effective Date”)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, EnderbyWorks, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”) hereby promises to pay, on or before the Maturity Date (as that term is defined hereinbelow), to the order of CurrencyWorks USA, Inc., a Nevada corporation, or its successors or assigns (“Lender”), at such address as the Lender may specify in writing, the principal sum (“Principal Amount”) of Three Million US Dollars ($3,000,000), Two Million US Dollars ($2,000,000) to be paid within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date and One Million US Dollars ($1,000,000) to be paid by no later than the earlier of fifteen (15) days after the first NFT auction or September 30, 2021, plus accrued interest, in lawful money of the United States of America, or such amount thereof as has been advanced hereunder, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions set forth below (collectively, the “Indebtedness”). This Note (“Note”) is being executed in connection with that certain Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, between Borrower and Lender in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and Lender’s obligation to advance funds is conditioned upon, among other things, (a) Debtor’s execution and delivery of the Security Agreement, and (b) Debtor’s execution and delivery of a Distribution License Agreement between Debtor and 92 Films, LLC, in a form approved by Lender (the “Distribution Agreement”).

 

1. Payment of Interest; Maturity.

 

(a) Interest. Commencing on the Effective Date, interest shall commence accruing on the outstanding principal amount of this Note at 6% per annum.

 

(b) Maturity. The Indebtedness shall be payable from the proceeds to be received by Borrower in connection with the exploitation of its rights under the Distribution Agreement and all amounts outstanding hereunder shall be due three (3) years from the Effective Date (the “Maturity Date”).

 

2. Prepayment. The undersigned may prepay the principal of this Note in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, upon at least 2 business days’ prior written notice to the Lender and all prepayments of the principal of this Note shall be accompanied by the full payment of all accrued but unpaid interest on this Note through the date of prepayment. Any prepayment under this Section of less than all of the amounts due under this Note shall be applied first to the payment of any accrued and unpaid interest, and second to the principal amount.

 

3. Lender’s Rights Upon Default. If an “Event of Default” has occurred and such default remains uncured for thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice under this Note or the Security Agreement (other than a payment default, for which only five (5) days written notice shall be required), then the principal balance of this Note shall thereafter, immediately commence accruing, at the lower of 18% per annum, and the highest rate permitted by applicable law. If any amount due hereunder is not paid when due, the Lender shall have, in addition to the rights set forth herein, in the Security Agreement and under law, the right to compound interest (i.e. the interest as provided in this Section 3) by adding the unpaid interest to principal, with such amount thereafter bearing interest at the rate provided in this Note.

 

4. Events of Default.

 

4.1 Each of the following specified events hereby constitutes and is herein referred to individually as an “Event of Default”:

  

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(a) Borrower’s failure to make (or cause to be made) any payments to the Lender under this Note when the same are due and failure to cure same within five (5) days of Lender’s written notice concerning such failure; or

 

(b) Default in the due and timely observance or performance of the material terms, provisions, covenants, conditions, agreements or obligations of Borrower contained in this Note or the Security Agreement, and, except in the case of a default under Section 4.1 (a), the failure to cure the same within thirty (30) days of Lender’s written notice concerning such failure; or

 

(c) Suspension by Borrower of its business operations as determined by Lender in good faith using commercially reasonable standards; or

 

(d) Borrower transfers all or substantially all of its assets to a third party other than Lender; or

 

(e) Borrower is the subject of an order for relief or any other order under any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, liquidation, insolvency, compromise, arrangement or moratorium statute, law or regulation, whether now in force or hereafter enacted, or any action of any nature whatsoever (whether voluntary or involuntary) is taken for Borrower’s relief under any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, liquidation, insolvency, compromise, arrangement or moratorium statute, law or regulation, whether now in force or hereafter enacted (which if involuntary is not dismissed within sixty calendar days from the date such action is commenced), or any assignment is made for the benefit of the creditors of Borrower, or any petition (whether voluntary or involuntary) is made or filed for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, trustee or custodian for any of the assets of Borrower (which if involuntary is not dismissed within sixty calendar days), or if any receiver, liquidator, trustee or custodian for any of the assets of Borrower is appointed, and such petition or such receiver, liquidator, trustee or custodian is not withdrawn or discharged within sixty calendar days from the date of filing, making or appointment, or the Collateral or any portion thereof in which Borrower has any interest is attached or levied upon and such attachment or levy is not released within sixty calendar days thereafter, or Borrower becomes unable to pay its debts as they become due, or Borrower is dissolved or its business is substantially terminated for any reason whatsoever; or

 

(f) Borrower terminates, disaffirms, rejects or repudiates, or attempts to terminate, disaffirm, reject or repudiate this Note, the Security Agreement and/or the Indebtedness; or

 

(g) Borrower has a default under the Distribution Agreement or any other material agreement between the Borrower and any party.

 

4.2 Automatically upon the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 4.1 (d) or (e) or (f), and, at the Lender’s option, up the occurrence of any other Event of Default, and at any time thereafter if such Event of Default shall then be continuing, unless such Event of Default is cured within the time period provided for hereunder:

 

(a) the Indebtedness shall be, without presentment, demand, protest, or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, due and payable, if not otherwise then due and payable (anything in this Note or other agreement, contract, indenture, document or instrument contained to the contrary notwithstanding) and the Maturity Date shall be accelerated accordingly;

 

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(b) The Lender may enforce all of its rights under the Security Agreement, and shall otherwise have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the California UCC, may pursue the remedies afforded to it hereunder, under the Security Agreement or under any of the documents executed in connection herewith, or any other remedy afforded to it by law or equity, and the Lender may, at its option, do and perform all other acts and things reasonably necessary for the proper preservation and protection of its rights hereunder, pursuant to the Security Agreement or under any of the documents executed in connection herewith, all at the cost and expense of Borrower, which amount so expended shall constitute costs recoupable by the Lender; and

 

(c) The Lender may, at its option, engage others to exercise or discharge any of its rights or obligations hereunder. The amounts payable to such others by the Lender shall be recoupable by the Lender.

 

5. General Provisions.

 

5.1 If this Note is not paid when due, the undersigned further promises to pay all costs of collection, foreclosure fees, and reasonable outside attorneys’ fees incurred by the Lender, whether or not suit is filed hereon, and the fees, costs and expenses as provided in the Agreement.

 

5.2 Presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest are hereby expressly waived.

 

5.3 In no event whatsoever shall the interest rate and other charges charged hereunder exceed the highest rate permissible under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that a court determines that the payee hereunder has received interest in excess of the highest rate applicable hereto, the payee shall promptly refund such excess amount to the undersigned and the provisions hereof shall be deemed amended to provide for such permissible rate.

 

5.4 No delay or omission on the part of the Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right.

 

5.4 A waiver by the Lender upon any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.

 

5.5 Should any one or more of the provisions of this Note be determined illegal or unenforceable, all other provisions shall nevertheless remain effective.

 

5.6 This Note cannot be changed, modified, amended or terminated orally.

 

5.7 This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

 

6. Security For The Note. This Note is secured by the Collateral described in the Security Agreement, and is subject to all of the terms and conditions thereof, including, but not limited to, the remedies specified therein.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note has been executed and delivered as of the date first set forth above.

 

  ENDERBYWORKS, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Don Monaco
    Don Monaco, Manager

 

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Exhibit A

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 6, 2021 (this “Security Agreement” or this “Agreement”), is made by and between EnderbyWorks, LLC (“Debtor”), whose principal place of business is 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291, in favor of Currencyworks USA, Inc., whose principal place of business is 561 Indiana Court, Los Angeles, CA 90291 (“Secured Party”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Secured Party is a Member of Debtor and has agreed to loan Debtor $3,000,000 (the “Advance”) pursuant to a Secured Promissory Note in principal amount of the Advance (the “Promissory Note”);

 

WHEREAS, Debtor and 92 Films, LLC (“92 Films”) has or shall enter into an exclusive Distribution License Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with respect to the film currently titled Zero Contact (the “Picture”).

 

WHEREAS, Secured Party is willing to make the Advance but only upon the condition, among others, that (a) Debtor shall have executed and delivered to Secured Party, for its benefit, this Security Agreement, and (b) 92 Films and Debtor shall have entered into the Distribution Agreement, and Debtor shall have delivered to Secured Party an executed copy of the Distribution Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Note are used herein as therein defined, and the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings being equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

 

Collateral” shall mean all have the meaning assigned to such term in Exhibit A to this Security Agreement.

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 of this Security Agreement.

 

Person” shall mean any entity, corporation, company, association, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, trust, individual (including personal and authorized representatives, executors and heirs of a deceased individual), nation, state, government (including governmental agencies, departments, bureaus, boards, divisions and instrumentalities thereof), trustee, receiver or liquidator.

 

Proceeds” shall mean “proceeds,” as such term is defined in section 9-306(1) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, (i) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to Debtor from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (ii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to Debtor (or any affiliate or agent) from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental body, authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of governmental authority), (iii) any claim of Debtor against third parties (A) for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent License or (B) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Trademark or Trademark License or for injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark, Trademark registration or Trademark licensed under any Trademark License, and (iv) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

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Secured Obligations” shall mean all of Debtor’s obligations hereunder and under the Promissory Note including without limitation to pay (i) all of the unpaid principal amount of, and the Premium and accrued interest on, the Note, and (ii) all other fees owing by Debtor, whether created under, arising out of or in connection with the Note, this Security Agreement or any other agreement entered into between Debtor and Secured Party.

 

Security Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Security Agreement.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in the State of California; provided, however, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of Secured Party’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

 

2. Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all the Secured Obligations and to induce Secured Party to enter into the Note and to make the Advance in accordance with the terms thereof, Debtor hereby assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to Secured Party, for its benefit, and hereby grants to Secured Party, for its benefit, a security interest, and lien (collectively, the “Security Interest”) in and to all of Debtor’s assets, including without limitation all of Debtor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral, wherever located, whether now in existence or hereafter created, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

 

3. Representations and Warranties. Debtor hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a) Debtor is, or will be within five (5) days of execution of this Security Agreement, a limited liability company, duly organized or incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and Debtor has the full power, authority and legal right, and all requisite governmental licenses, permits and franchises, to own the Collateral and grant the Security Interest.

 

(b) Except for the Security Interest granted to Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement, Debtor is the sole owner of each item of the Collateral in which it purports to grant a security interest hereunder, having good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any and all liens.

 

(c) No security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as may have been filed by Debtor in favor of Secured Party, pursuant to this Security Agreement.

 

(d) Upon the filing of a financing statement in the State of California, this Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing first priority lien on and first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from Debtor. All action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect such security interest in each item of the Collateral has been or will be duly taken.

 

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(e) Debtor’s principal place of business and the place where its records concerning the Collateral are kept is located at the address of Debtor set forth above, and Debtor will not change such principal place of business or remove such records unless it has taken such action as is necessary to cause the Security Interest of Secured Party in the Collateral to continue to be perfected. Debtor will not change its principal place of business or the place where its records concerning the Collateral is kept without giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Secured Party.

 

(f) Debtor hereby represents and warrants to Lender that (a) there is no litigation, action or proceeding either pending or threatened, against Debtor, and no facts currently exist which is likely to result in any litigation, action or proceeding before any court or administrative agency, or before any arbitrator, (b) Debtor is not in violation of any law and is not the subject of any investigation by a governmental agency, and (c) entering into, and performing Debtor’s obligations under this Agreement, does not and will not violate or conflict with any provision of law, any provision of Debtor’s formation documents, including, without limitation, Debtor’s articles of organization and operating agreement, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any agreement, indenture, or other instrument to which Debtor is a party or by which Debtor may be bound.

 

4. Covenants. Debtor covenants and agrees with Secured Party that from and after the date of this Security Agreement and until the Secured Obligations are fully satisfied:

 

(a) Financing Statements and Further Documentation. Debtor, as debtor of record with respect to that certain UCC Financing Statement (the “Financing Statement”), hereby authenticates the Financing Statement, and Debtor hereby authorizes the filing of the Financing Statement in the applicable filing office, and in such other offices in such other jurisdictions as Secured Party deems to be appropriate in order to perfect the Security Interest. At any time and from time to time, upon the receipt of written request of Secured Party, Debtor will promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents consistent herewith and take such further action as Secured Party may reasonably deem desirable to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, using its reasonable efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the assignment to Secured Party, of any License or Contract entered into by Debtor or in which Debtor has any rights not heretofore assigned, the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby, transferring Collateral to Secured Party’s possession (if a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected by possession), placing the interest of Secured Party as lienholder on the certificate of title of any vehicle and using its reasonable efforts to obtain waivers of liens from landlords and mortgagees. Debtor also hereby authorizes Secured Party to file any such financing or continuation statement without the signature of Debtor to the extent permitted by applicable law, and will provide copies of the same to Debtor.

 

(b) Maintenance of Records. Debtor will keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral, including, without limitation, a record of all payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral. Debtor will mark its books and records pertaining to the Collateral to evidence this Security Agreement and the security interests granted hereby.

 

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(c) Compliance with Laws, etc. Debtor will comply, in all material respects, with all acts, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and directions of any governmental authority, applicable to the Collateral or any part thereof or to the operation of Debtor’s business; provided, however, that Debtor may contest any act, regulation, order, decree or direction in any reasonable manner which shall not in the sole opinion of Secured Party, adversely affect Secured Party’s rights hereunder or adversely affect the first priority of its security interest in the Collateral.

 

(d) Payment of Obligations. Debtor will pay promptly when due all charges imposed upon the Collateral or in respect of its income or profits therefrom and all claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, material and supplies, all residuals, profit participations, taxes and assessments of every kind).

 

(e) Compliance with Terms of Accounts, etc. In all material respects, Debtor will perform and comply with all obligations in respect of Accounts Receivable, Chattel Paper, Contracts and Licenses and all other agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound.

 

(f) Limitation on Liens on Collateral. Debtor will not create, permit or suffer to exist, and will defend the Collateral against and take such other action as is reasonably necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral, and will defend the right, title and interest of Secured Party in and to any of Debtor’s rights under the Chattel Paper, Contracts, Documents, Intangible Assets and Instruments and to the Equipment and Inventory and in and to the Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(g) Limitations on Disposition. Debtor will not sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, or attempt or contract to do so except in the ordinary course of business.

 

(h) Continuous Perfection. Debtor will not change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner which might make any financing or continuation statement filed in connection herewith seriously misleading within the meaning of section 9-402(7) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC) unless Debtor shall have given Secured Party at least 30 days’ prior written notice thereof and shall have taken all action (or made arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change if it is impossible to take such action in advance) reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by Secured Party to amend such financing statement or continuation statement so that it is not seriously misleading.

 

(i) Indemnification. In any suit, proceeding or action brought by Secured Party relating to the Collateral, Debtor will save, indemnify and keep Secured Party harmless from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction of liability whatsoever of the obligor thereunder, arising out of an uncured material breach by Debtor of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to, or in favor of, such obligor or its successors from Debtor, and all such obligations of Debtor shall be and remain enforceable against and only against Debtor and shall not be enforceable against Secured Party.

 

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5. Secured Party’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact; Release of Lien; Non-Disturbance.

 

(a) Debtor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Secured Party and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Debtor and in the name of Debtor or in its own name, from time to time in Secured Party’s discretion, solely for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Security Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments consistent herewith, which may be reasonably necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Security Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby gives Secured Party the power and right, on behalf of Debtor:

 

(i) to ask, demand, collect, receive and give acquittances and receipts for any and all moneys due and to become due under any Collateral and, in the name of Debtor or its own name or otherwise, to take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other Instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed reasonably appropriate by Secured Party for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever payable and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed reasonably appropriate by Secured Party for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, to effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Security Agreement and to pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof; and

 

(iii) (A) to direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due, and to become due thereunder, directly to Secured Party or as Secured Party shall direct; (B) to receive payment of and receipt for any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due, and to become due at any time, in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) to sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts and other Documents constituting or relating to the Collateral; (D) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any part thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of the Collateral; (E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Debtor with respect to the Collateral; (F) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as Secured Party may deem appropriate; (G) to license or, to the extent permitted by an applicable license, sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any copyright and/or distribution rights pertaining to the Collateral, throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as Secured Party shall in its sole discretion determine; and (H) generally to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though Secured Party were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at Secured Party’s option and Debtor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which Secured Party reasonably deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and Secured Party’s Lien therein, in order to effect the intent of this Security Agreement, all as fully and effectively as Debtor might do.

 

(b) Secured Party agrees that, except upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, it will not exercise the power of attorney or any rights granted to Secured Party pursuant to this Section 5. Debtor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The power of attorney granted pursuant to this Section 5 is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the Secured Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full.

 

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(c) The powers conferred on Secured Party hereunder are solely to protect Secured Party’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Secured Party shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Debtor for any act or failure to act, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(d) Debtor also authorizes Secured Party, at any time and from time to time upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) to communicate in its own name with any party to any Contract with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of Debtor in and under the Contracts hereunder and other matters relating thereto and (ii) to execute, in connection with the sale provided for in Section 8 hereof, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral.

 

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon (i) repayment of the Advance and any other amounts outstanding under the Note, and (ii) Debtor’s written request, then Lender will immediately file appropriate UCC Termination Statements.

 

6. Performance by Secured Party of Debtor’s Obligation. If Debtor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein within the allotted cure period and Secured Party, as provided for by the terms of this Security Agreement, shall itself perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement, the reasonable, out-of-pocket, actual and verifiable expenses of Secured Party incurred in connection with such performance or compliance, including, but not limited to, outside attorney’s fees, together with interest thereon at the rate then in effect in respect of the Loans, shall be payable by Debtor to Secured Party on receipt of written demand and shall constitute Secured Obligations secured hereby.

 

7. Events of Default. The following conditions or events shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a) An uncured default under the Note;

 

(b) Any representation or warranty which materially adversely affects the rights of Secured Party in connection with this Agreement or the Note shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made not otherwise cured within 10 days; or

 

(c) (i) A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of Debtor in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or any other similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed within thirty (30) days; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law and such order is not dismissed or discharged within thirty (30) days; or

 

(ii) An involuntary case shall be commenced against Debtor under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of any court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over Debtor or over all or over a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have been an involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of Debtor for all or a substantial part of its property; or there shall have been issued a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against any substantial part of the property of Debtor and any such event in this clause (ii) shall have continued for 30 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged; or

 

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(d) Debtor shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or Debtor shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or Debtor shall fail or be unable or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Managing Directors of Debtor (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the foregoing; or

 

(e) Debtor shall be dissolved or shall file a petition for dissolution, unless Debtor’s successor executes and delivers to Secured Party a security agreement substantially similar in all respects to this Agreement.

 

8. Remedies, Rights Upon an Event of Default.

 

(a) If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, Secured Party may exercise in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Security Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Debtor expressly agrees that in any such event Secured Party, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon Debtor or any other person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and/or notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the UCC and other applicable law), may forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give an option or options to purchase, or sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange or broker’s board or at any of Secured Party’s offices or elsewhere at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which equity of redemption Debtor hereby releases. Debtor further agrees, at Secured Party’s written request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Secured Party at places which Secured Party shall reasonably select, whether at Debtor’s premises or elsewhere. Secured Party shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale, as provided in Section 8(d) hereof, Debtor remaining liable for any deficiency remaining unpaid after such application, and only after so paying over such net proceeds and after the payment by Secured Party of any other amount required by any provision of law, including Section 9-504(1)(c) of the UCC, need Secured Party account for the surplus, if any, to Debtor. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor waives all claims, damages, and demands against Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except such as arise out of the willful misconduct of Secured Party. Debtor agrees that Secured Party need not give more than 10 days’ notice (which notification shall be deemed given when mailed or delivered on an overnight basis, postage prepaid, or emailed, addressed to Debtor at its address referred to in Section 11 hereof) of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place and that such notice is reasonable notification of such matters. Debtor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all amounts to which Secured Party, for its benefit, is entitled, Debtor also being liable for the fees of any attorneys employed by Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

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(b) Debtor also agrees to pay all actual, verifiable, out-of-pocket third-party reasonable costs of Secured Party, including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of its rights and remedies hereunder.

 

(c) Debtor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any Collateral.

 

(d) The Proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be distributed by Secured Party in the following order of priorities:

 

first, to Secured Party in an amount sufficient to pay in full the actual, verifiable, out-of-pocket third-party reasonable expenses of Secured Party in connection with such sale, disposition or other realization, including all expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by Secured Party in connection therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees;

 

second, to Secured Party in an amount equal to the then unpaid accrued interest on the Note;

 

third, to Secured Party in an amount equal to the then unpaid principal on the Note; and

 

fourth, to Debtor, all remaining amounts.

 

9. Limitation on Secured Party’s Duty in Respect of Collateral. Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. Secured Party shall not have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of it or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. Upon request of Debtor, Secured Party shall account for any moneys received by it in respect of any foreclosure on or disposition of the Collateral.

 

10. Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Debtor for liquidation or reorganization, should Debtor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Debtor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference”, “fraudulent conveyance”, or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Secured Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

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11. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give or serve upon any other communication with respect to this Security Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person with receipt acknowledged, or emailed or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as hereafter set forth, or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

 

The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given or served on the date on which personally delivered, with receipt acknowledged, or the date of the email or telecopy transmission, or 3 business days after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mail. Failure or delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication to the persons designated above to receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.

 

12. Severability. Any provision of this Security Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

13. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. Secured Party shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, and no waiver shall be valid unless in writing, signed by Secured Party and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Secured Party would otherwise have had on any future occasion. No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising on the part of Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law. None of the terms or provisions of this Security Agreement may be waived, altered, modified or amended except by an instrument in writing, duly executed by Secured Party and Debtor.

 

14. Successor and Assigns. This Security Agreement and all obligations of Debtor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Debtor, and shall, together with the rights and remedies of Secured Party hereunder, inure to the benefit of Secured Party, and all future holders of instruments or agreements evidencing the Secured Obligations and their respective successors and assigns. No sales of participation, other sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of any agreement governing or instrument evidencing the Secured Obligations or any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner affect the security interest granted to Secured Party hereunder.

 

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15. GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES THEREOF REGARDING CONFLICT OF LAWS, AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EACH OF SECURED PARTY AND DEBTOR AGREE TO SUBMIT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND TO WAIVE ANY OBJECTION AS TO VENUE IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. DEBTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS CT CORPORATION SYSTEM AS DEBTOR’S AGENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCEPTING THE SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. DEBTOR AGREES NOTHING HEREIN SHALL PRECLUDE SECURED PARTY OR DEBTOR FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

16. Conflict of Terms. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in this Security Agreement, a conflict or inconsistency, if any, between the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement and the terms and provisions of the Note shall be controlled by the terms and provisions of the Note to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency.

 

17. Indemnification. Debtor agrees to pay, and to save Secured Party harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all excise, sales or other similar taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement.

 

18. ARBITRATION AND JURISDICTION. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, applicable to agreements executed and to be wholly performed therein. any controversy or claim arising out of or in relation to this Agreement or the validity, construction or performance of this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the rules and procedures of JAMS, as said rules may amended from time to time with rights of discovery if requested by the arbitrator. Such rules and procedures are incorporated and made a part of this Agreement by reference. If JAMS shall refuse to accept jurisdiction of such dispute, then the parties agree to arbitrate such matter before and in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association under its jurisdiction in Los Angeles before a single arbitrator familiar with entertainment law. The parties shall have the right to engage in pre-hearing discovery in connection with such arbitration proceedings. The parties agree hereto that they will abide by and perform any award rendered in any arbitration conducted pursuant hereto, that any court having jurisdiction thereof may issue a judgment based upon such award and that the prevailing party in such arbitration and/or confirmation proceeding shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses. The arbitration will be held in Los Angeles and any award shall be final, binding and non-appealable. The parties agree to accept service of process in accordance with the JAMS Rules.

 

19. MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT SECTION 18 IS INAPPLICABLE BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS OR REMEDIES UNDER THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE NOTE, ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE OTHER AGREEMENTS.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer on the date first set forth above.

 

CURRENCYWORKS USA, INC.   ENDERBYWORKS, LLC.
     
By: /s/ Cameron Chell   By: /s/ Swapan Kakumanu
  Cameron Chell, Chairman     Swapan Kakumanu, Manager

 

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EXHIBIT A

COLLATERAL

 

All of the right, title and interest in and to all of the assets of EnderbyWorks, LLC, and any of its currently existing or future subsidiaries (“Debtor”) wheresoever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter created (and, to the extent not yet in existence or acquired, hereby assigned and conveyed by way of present assignment of future interests), and all proceeds thereof, including without limitation all equipment, personal property (including things in action), copyrights, trademarks, patents, intellectual property, documents, goods, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights, supporting obligations, accounts receivable, deposit accounts, contract rights and general intangibles, chattel paper, negotiable instruments and other negotiable collateral and all other personal property of Debtor (the “Collateral”). The Collateral shall include, but not be limited to, all right, title and interest in and to the following, whether or not evidenced in writing, and whether now in existence of hereafter acquired:

 

1. The Distribution License Agreement entered into between Debtor and 92 Films, LLC (the “Zero Contact Distribution License”), related to the motion picture currently entitled “Zero Contact,” (the “Picture”), and the proceeds thereof.
   
2. All agreements and understandings relating to the Picture or the exploitation of Debtor’s rights in the Picture and the proceeds thereof.
   
3. Any other distribution, license or other agreement entered into between Debtor and any other party, with respect to any other motion picture or entertainment production, including, but not limited to, theatrical, non-theatrical, television (including, without limitation, free, pay, pay per view, terrestrial, satellite, cable and near video on demand), home video or other home viewing technology now known or hereafter devised (including without limitation cassette, videodisc, DVD, HD DVD and Blu Ray), video on demand, online/internet, digital streaming, download to own, interactive, ships, airlines, hotels, clips, mobile (e.g., cell phones), merchandising (including, without limitation, interactive games and devices, electronically read, digitized, interactive and computer-based or computer-assisted systems, devices and services), live stage, derivative works (e.g., remakes and/or sequels in any media including episodic series, mini-series and MOWs), novelization, comic book, music, music publishing, theme park rights, commercial tie-ins, screenplay publishing and any and all allied and ancillary rights, and the right to advertise, publicize and promote any of the foregoing in any and all media, and the proceeds thereof.
   
4. Any other agreements entered into between Debtor or its subsidiaries, and any other party.
   
5. All machinery, electrical and electronic components, equipment, fixtures, furniture, office machinery, vehicles, trailers, implements and other tangible personal property of every kind and description now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor (including, without limitation, all wardrobe, props, microphones, scenery, sound stages, movable, permanent or vehicular dressing rooms, sets, lighting equipment, cameras and other photographic, sound recording and editing equipment, projectors, film developing equipment and machinery) and all goods of like kind or type hereafter acquired by Debtor in substitution or replacement thereof and all additions and accessions thereto wherever any of the foregoing is located (all of the foregoing is collectively referred to as, the “Equipment”) and all rents, Proceeds and products of the Equipment, including, without limitation, the rights to insurance covering the Equipment.
   
6. All cash and cash equivalents of Debtor and all drafts, checks, certificates of deposit, notes, negotiable instruments, bills of exchange and other writings which evidence a right to the payment of money and are not themselves security agreements or leases and are of a type which is in the ordinary course of business transferred by delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
   
7. All of Debtor’s accounts and payment intangibles now owned and hereafter created or acquired, including without limitation all rights now owned and hereafter created or acquired to receive commissions and other payments in connection with or relating to motion pictures, and licenses, leases and distribution agreements relating to motion pictures and/or rights in motion pictures, and all rights related to all of the foregoing under collection account management agreements, payment directions, notices of assignment, intercreditor agreements, interparty agreements and any and all other agreements, documents and instruments of any kind or nature whatsoever.
   
8. All general intangibles, accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, goods, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, and money.
   
9. Any security interest, copyright mortgage, mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, limitation, restriction, right, claim, license, lease, sale, purchase or assignment of any kind or nature in, to, of or upon any of the foregoing.
   
10. All accessions and additions to, substitutions for, and replacements, products and Proceeds of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, Proceeds of any insurance policies and claims against third Persons with respect to the foregoing.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

DISTRIBUTION LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

The following sets forth the material terms of the agreement (the “Agreement”) reached between EnderbyWorks, LLC (“EW”) and 92 Films, LLC (“Licensor”) is entered into as of July 6, 2021 in connection with the motion picture currently entitled “Zero Contact” (the “Picture”).

 

Condition Precedent: The parties’ obligations hereunder are expressly conditioned upon and subject to receipt of a fully executed copy of this Agreement.

 

1. Picture: The Picture as delivered to EW shall: (a) be “Zero Contact”, directed by Rick Dugdale and starring Anthony Hopkins, Aleks Paunovic, Chris Brochu, Tuva Novotny and Martin Stenmarck; (b) be photographed substantially in the English language, fully colored and with a running time (inclusive of main and end titles) of approximately 90 minutes; (c) be fully scored with all music fully cleared for all Rights granted hereunder and, (d) any related bonus footage including the “Making of” the Picture, cast interviews, outtakes, etc.

 

2. Territory: Universe (“Territory”).

 

3. Rights: Licensor hereby irrevocably grants to EW, on an exclusive basis, all rights in and to the Picture (including, without limitation, the copyright therein) and all characters and literary and artistic material contained therein in any and all media now known or hereafter devised throughout the Territory, in all languages in which motion pictures are customarily distributed in the Territory (subtitled and/or dubbed), throughout the “Territory” (as defined herein) during the “Term” (as defined herein), including, but not limited to non-fungible token media, theatrical, non-theatrical, all forms of television (including, without limitation, free, pay, pay per view, terrestrial, satellite, cable and near video on demand), all forms of homevideo or other home viewing technology now known or hereafter devised (including without limitation cassette, videodisc, DVD, HD DVD and Blu Ray), video on demand, online/internet, digital streaming, download to own, interactive, ships, airlines, hotels, clips, mobile (e.g., cell phones), merchandising (including, without limitation, interactive games and devices, electronically read, digitized, interactive and computer-based or computer-assisted systems, devices and services), live stage, derivative works (e.g., remakes and/or sequels in any media including episodic series, mini-series and MOWs), novelization, comic book, music, music publishing, theme park rights, commercial tie-ins, screenplay publishing and any and all allied and ancillary rights, and the right to advertise, publicize and promote any of the foregoing in any and all media (collectively, the “Rights”). Any Rights not expressly licensed by EW to a third party during the Term shall automatically revert to Licensor at the end of the Term.

 

4. Term: The term of this Agreement shall commence as of the above date and shall continue for ten (10) years (the “Initial Term”). The “Term” shall be the Initial Term, and if extended pursuant to a written extension agreement between the parties, any Extension Term.

 

5. Minimum Guarantee: In consideration of the Rights granted to EW, Licensor shall receive the sum of Three Million US Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Minimum Guarantee”), which shall be payable by EW to Licensor upon satisfaction of the Condition Precedent.

 

6. Distribution Terms: “Gross Receipts” means all sums actually earned and received by or credited to EW and/or its affiliates from the exploitation of the Rights or any part thereof. Gross Receipts will be applied on a continuous and rolling basis as follows: (a) first, to EW’s recoupment of all actual, direct, out of pocket, third party marketing and advertising costs and expenses (the “Expenses”); (b) second, to EW’s recoupment of the Minimum Guarantee; and (c) third, all sums remaining after the deduction of (a) and (b) will be paid 50% to Licensor (the “Licensor Share”) and 50% to EW. The parties agree that the Expenses shall not exceed Three Million US Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Expenses Cap”). In the event that EW desires to spend in excess of the Expenses Cap, then EW shall obtain Licensor’s prior written approval, and the Expenses Cap shall not apply to any such approved expenses.

 

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7. Accounting and Audit: EW shall maintain full and complete records of all matters relating to the exploitation of the Rights in the Picture. EW shall account to Licensor in a customary industry manner on a quarterly basis from the end of the first quarter following the release of the Picture in the Territory and all accountings (and payments when due as aforesaid), shall be on a quarterly basis throughout the Term. All accountings hereunder shall be sent to Licensor within thirty (30) days of the end of the relevant accounting period and be accompanied by payment of any sums due to Licensor thereunder. Licensor shall have customary motion picture industry audit rights, at Licensor’s expense, in connection with the Picture to be exercised not more than once per calendar year during reasonable business hours to be conducted by a certified public accountant and otherwise in accordance with custom and practice in the industry and in a manner that will not frustrate EW’s business. Licensor shall notify EW in writing of its intention to audit EW’s books, specifying at least the statement upon which Licensor’s audit is to be based, and such audit must be commenced within sixty (60) days of such written notice.

 

8. Third Party Payments: Licensor shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the calculation, accounting and payment of any and all third-party participations (whether in the form of percentage contingent compensation, deferments, bonuses or otherwise) that become payable by reason of the exploitation of the Picture in the Territory, and Licensor shall indemnify and hold EW harmless with respect to any claims by any person or entity in connection with any such payments. EW shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the calculation, accounting and payment of any and all third-party payments derived from its exploitation of the Rights (e.g., public performance royalties, etc.).

 

9. Delivery: “Delivery” means Licensor providing EW with the materials referenced in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.

 

10. Credit: EW shall receive a first position logo and first position presentation credit in connection with the Picture on screen and in the billing block of all paid ads in the Territory. EW shall adhere to all credit obligations of which it is notified in writing. The Picture as delivered to EW shall contain all required screen credits, and, provided that EW does not alter such credits, Licensor does hereby indemnify and hold EW harmless with respect to any claims regarding such screen credits.

 

11. Representations & Warranties: Licensor hereby represents, warrants and undertakes: (a) that Licensor has all rights necessary to enter into and perform this Agreement; (b) that there are no liens or encumbrances against the Picture materially adversely affecting the Rights granted to EW hereunder; (c) the Picture and any advertising or publicity materials supplied by Licensor hereunder shall not contain any material which violates or infringes, nor will EW’s exploitation of the Rights in accordance with this Agreement violate or infringe the copyright of any person, firm or corporation or any other common law or other right including without limitation, any right of privacy or trademark, of any person, firm or corporation; (d) every musical composition contained in the Picture and every performance of a musical composition contained in Picture have been licensed for use in and in connection with the Picture for the entire Term on a “flat buy-out basis” for the Territory, so that no payment of any kind shall be required other than the one-time fixed fee provided in the applicable license, all of which fees are fully paid; (e) all costs of production of the Picture, including, without limitation, all compensation, laboratory costs, license fees and royalties will be paid in full prior to Delivery except any deferred costs, participations and/or guild residuals, all of which shall be payable by Licensor; (f) there is no action, suit or proceeding relating to the Picture pending or threatened, before any court, administrative or governmental body which might materially affect EW’s rights hereunder; and (g) the Picture has not heretofore been exploited anywhere in the Territory in any medium.

 

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12. Indemnification: Licensor will, at its own expense, defend, indemnify and hold harmless EW, its parent company and any and all related or affiliated entities, its officers, employees, agents, licensees and assignees, from any and all loss, damage, liability or expense (including reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and expenses on a full indemnity basis) resulting from any breach of Licensor’s representations, warranties and/or agreements herein. With regard to any matters for which Licensor is indemnitor, EW may elect, in its sole discretion, to control the applicable action or proceeding, in which event Licensor may join in any such action or proceeding and be represented by its own counsel at its sole cost. EW shall, at its own expense, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Licensor, its parent company and any and all related or affiliated entities, its officers, employees, agents, licensees and assignees, from any and all loss, damage, liability or expense (including reasonable outside attorneys’ fees and expenses on a full indemnity basis) resulting from any material uncured breach of EW’s representations, warranties and agreements herein or otherwise from EW’s exploitation of the Picture (other than those claims for which Licensor must indemnify EW as set forth above).

 

13. Confidentiality and Press Release: The terms of this Agreement shall remain confidential. If EW elects to issue a press release concerning this Agreement, EW shall prepare the content and timing of such press release in consultation with Licensor.

 

14. Editing: EW shall not have the right (and shall not grant the right to any third party) to edit, dub or subtitle the Picture without Licensor’s prior written approval, which shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed.

 

15. Choice of Law/Choice of Forum:

 

(a) This Agreement and all related documents, including all exhibits attached hereto, and all matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement, whether sounding in contract, tort, or statute are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, United States of America (including its statutes of limitations), without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of California.

 

(b) Each party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation, or proceeding of any kind whatsoever against any other party in any way arising from or relating to this Agreement and all contemplated transactions, including, but not limited to, contract, equity, tort, fraud, and statutory claims, in any forum other than the state and/or federal courts located in the county of Los Angeles, state of California, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees to bring any such action, litigation, or proceeding only in such courts. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation, or proceeding is conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

16. Assignment: EW, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to sell the Rights to one or more third parties. EW shall not have the right to assign and pledge its rights hereunder without Licensor’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed. Licensor hereby acknowledges and approves the execution of a Security Agreement between EW and CurrencyWorks, Inc., which extends to all of EW’s rights in and to this Agreement, and that if such Security Agreement is enforced, the assignment of this Agreement to CurrencyWorks, Inc., or its designated assignee. Licensor may not assign its rights under this Agreement without EW’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating an agency, partnership or fiduciary relationship between the parties.

 

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17. Entire Agreement: This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall supersede and replace all prior and/or contemporaneous written or oral agreements pertaining hereto and can only be modified by a writing signed by both parties.

 

18. Relationship of Parties. Nothing in this Agreement creates any agency, joint venture, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise, employment, or fiduciary relationship between the parties. Service Providers is an independent contractor pursuant to this Agreement. Neither party has any express or implied right or authority to assume or create any obligations on behalf of or in the name of the other party or to bind the other party to any contract, agreement, or undertaking with any third party.

 

19. Counterparts/Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed by the Parties in counterparts or via a reputable electronic signature system, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures, signature pages sent by email, or signature pages completed through a reputable electronic signature system shall be binding as though they are originals

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

ENDERBYWORKS, LLC   92 Films, LLC
     
/s/ Swapan Kakumanu   /s/ Rick Dugdale
By: Swapan Kakumanu   By: Rick Dugdale
Its: Manager   Its: Manager

 

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Exhibit “A”

Delivery Materials

 

I. Physical Elements:
a. Digital Source Master
b. DSM 2K DCI REC709 DPX Texted
c. Digital Master File
d. HD/SDR ProRes XQ Texted

 

II. Legal Elements:
a. Copyright Report
b. Proof of Errors & Omissions Insurance
c. Stock Footage Clearances
d. Lead cast and key crew agreements
e. Credit Obligation Charts for
i. Main Titles
ii. End Titles
iii. Paid Ad obligations

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Academy Award®-Winning Actor Anthony Hopkins’ Newest Thriller ZERO CONTACT to Premiere Exclusively as an NFT on CurrencyWorks’ VUELE Platform

 

VUELE™ is the First Global NFT Feature-Length Film and Digital Collectible Viewing Platform Powered by CurrencyWorks

 

Los Angeles, CA July 7, 2021 CurrencyWorks Inc. (“CurrencyWorks” or the “Company”), (CSE: CWRK and OTCQB: CWRK), a blockchain pioneer, NFT, and digital payment provider, today announced that the premiere of Anthony Hopkins’ new movie ZERO CONTACT will be exclusively on CurrencyWorks’ VUELE platform. (www.vuele.io)

 

ZERO CONTACT stars Academy Award®-Winner Anthony Hopkins (The Father) and features acclaimed actors Aleks Paunovic, Veronica Ferres and Chris Brochu among its ensemble cast. The film was shot during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

 

ZERO CONTACT follows five characters based all over the world and connected only by their devotion to the late founder and tech titan Finley Hart (played by Anthony Hopkins). They are forced to work together to shut down Hart’s most secret invention – a machine that is either the solution to mankind’s problems or the end of life on earth.

 

ZERO CONTACT is produced and directed by Rick Dugdale (Intrigo Anthology, Recon), written and co-produced by Cam Cannon (USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage), production design by Tink, cinematography by Edd Lukas; producer, Peter Toumasis (Man on Fire, Domino) with an executive producer team that includes Dan Petrie, Jr (Blackway, An Ordinary Man) and Dan Fellman (Logan Lucky) and Hakan Karlsson.

 

“This project was truly a one-of-a-kind experience. We had to innovate at every step of the way, shooting in 17 countries around the world. It only makes sense for a film like this to continue to break new ground by releasing via the blockchain,” said Producer/Director Rick Dugdale. “It’s a unique opportunity to be a part of history.”

 

VUELE, powered by CurrencyWorks (CSE: CWRK and OTCQB: CWRK) is the first direct-to-consumer, full-length feature film viewing and distribution platform delivering feature films and digital collectible entertainment content as NFTs. Users will be able to become owners of exclusive, limited edition film, and collector NFT content which they can watch, collect, sell, and trade on the vuele.io platform.

 

VUELE’s use of blockchain technology and NFT’s, will allow it to not only reach audiences with its feature films, but also provide additional value-added content in the form of NFTs offering (but not limited to) behind the scenes content, bonus features, exclusive Q&As, and memorabilia.

 

Enderby CEO Rick Dugdale commented on the new venture: “The film industry is always looking to break new ground to reach and connect with consumers. We’re now taking that to the next level, and VUELE announcing that its first feature stars Anthony Hopkins is a real statement of intent.”

 

Cameron Chell, Executive Chairman of CurrencyWorks, said: “For VUELE’s very first movie to be featuring such a high-profile star is a major endorsement for the platform. Our blockchain platform and NFT capabilities are enabling our partners to explore new opportunities. VUELE is poised to evolve the direct-to-consumer entertainment distribution.”

 

 

 

 

The VUELE platform is a joint venture between CurrencyWorks and Enderby Entertainment, which will be operated through a new subsidiary, EnderbyWorks LLC, which is owned 51% by CurrencyWorks and 49% by Enderby Entertainment. As part of the joint venture, CurrencyWorks USA, entered into a Technology Operating and License Agreement with EnderbyWorks pursuant to which CurrencyWorks USA agreed to provide NFT platform services in order for EnderbyWorks to develop and operate VUELE (vuele.io) platform. On July 6, 2021, CurrencyWorks USA entered in Secured Promissory Note and Security Agreement with EnderbyWorks pursuant to which the company provided a secured loan of $3,000,000 to EnderbyWorks. $2,000,000 will be provided within 10 days of July 6, 2021 and $1,000,000 will be provided by no later than the earlier of fifteen (15) days after the first NFT auction or September 30, 2021. The secured loan matures in three years and bears interest of 6% per annum, payable on maturity. Repayment of the loan is secured by all of the rights, title and interest in and to all of the assets of EnderbyWorks, including, without limitation, all rights under the Distribution License Agreement with 92 Films, LLC with respect to Zero Contact. On July 6, 2021, EnderbyWorks entered into a Distribution License Agreement with 92 Films, pursuant to which EnderbyWorks purchased, on an exclusive basis, all rights in and to Zero Contact for a period of 10 years for $3,000,000. All sums actually earned and received by EnderbyWorks from the exploitation of the Firm will be applied to EnderbyWorks’s recoupment of all actual, direct, out of pocket, third party marketing and advertising costs and expenses (not to exceed $3,000,000 with approval of 92 Films), to EnderbyWorks’s recoupment of the $3,000,000; and all sums remaining will be paid 50% to 92 Films and 50% to EnderbyWorks.

 

Full details of the joint venture are contained in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2021 at www.sec.gov.

 

About CurrencyWorks

 

CurrencyWorks Inc. (CSE: CWRK and OTCQB: CWRK) is a publicly traded company that builds and operates blockchain platforms for digital currencies, assets, and tokens.

 

For more information on CurrencyWorks, please visit us at www.currencyworks.io. For additional investor info visit www.currencyworks.io or www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov searching CWRK.

 

Media Contact

Arian Hopkins

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Company Contact

Bruce Elliott, President

Phone: 424-570-9446

Bruce.elliott@currencyworks.io

 

 

 

 

About VUELE

 

VUELE [pronounced View-lee] is the first direct-to-consumer, full-length feature film viewing and distribution platform delivering feature films and digital collectible entertainment content as NFTs. Users will be able to become owners of exclusive, limited edition film, and collector NFT content which they can watch, collect, sell, and trade on the vuele.io platform.

 

VUELE provides movie fans and collectors alike with the ultimate consumer-focused digital collection and viewing platform. Visit: www.vuele.io

 

Media

media@vuele.io

 

About Enderby Entertainment

 

Founded in 2006 by partners Rick Dugdale and Daniel Petrie, Jr., Enderby Entertainment is a global entertainment production, visual effects, and post-production company based in Beverly Hills, California, with Canadian operations in Kelowna, British Columbia.

 

Enderby Entertainment is built on innovation, integrity, and the refined philosophy that passion and cutting-edge methodology to create compelling, story-driven projects efficiently with no-compromise in quality. For more, visit www.enderbyentertainment.com.

 

Media Contact

Enderby Entertainment

Staci Griesbach

StaciGriesbach@LunaWorldwide.com